〜ぐらい

Formationquantity + ぐらい / くらい

ぐらい softens a number into an estimate: about an hour, ten people or so. くらい is the same word and either spelling passes. Use it when you do not know the exact figure, or do not want to be held to one.

Examples

〜ぐらい is marked in each sentence. Tap any word for its dictionary entry.

1. 何なん時じくらいまでなら電話でんわしてもいいですか。

   How late can I ring?

2. 千せん人にんくらいの人ひとがいた。

   There were toward a thousand people.

3. 一いち千せん万まん円えんくらいかな？

   Is it about ten million yen?

4. 何なん日にちぐらい行いくの？

   How long will you be gone?

5. 彼かれは４０歳さいくらいです。

   He is about forty.