〜ぐらい / 〜くらい
JLPT N4 Comparisons and extentabout, approximately, to the extent of
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ぐらい and くらい attach to quantities to mean approximately. They can also express the extent or degree of a state, as in 泣きたいくらい. The two forms are interchangeable in modern Japanese.
Examples
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Eki made aruite juppun gurai kakarimasu.
It takes about ten minutes to walk to the station.
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Paatii ni hyakunin kurai kimashita.
About a hundred people came to the party.