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〜ぐらい / 〜くらい

JLPT N4 Comparisons and extent

about, 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

  • までぐらいます

    Eki made aruite juppun gurai kakarimasu.

    It takes about ten minutes to walk to the station.

  • にんくらいまし

    Paatii ni hyakunin kurai kimashita.

    About a hundred people came to the party.

Vocabulary in these examples

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