〜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
までてぐらいます。 Eki made aruite juppun gurai kakarimasu.
It takes about ten minutes to walk to the station.
に人くらいました。 Paatii ni hyakunin kurai kimashita.
About a hundred people came to the party.