Vocab Info

N5 Suffix, Particle

くらいapproximately, about, around, or so

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Suffix, Particle

      1. 1.

        approximately, about, around, or so

        also written as 位
      2. 2.

        to (about) the extent that, (almost) enough that, so ... that ..., at least

      3. 3.

        as ... as ..., like

    All Forms

    くらい、ぐらい

    Details

      • く

      • ら

      • い

    • Frequency

      General Top 200

    Examples

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    • 僕(ぼく)は、毎日(まいにち)6(ろく)時(じ)くらいに起(お)きます。

      I wake up around 6 every day.

      • N5
    • ここから家(いえ)までは20(にじゅっ)分(ぷん)くらいかかる。

      It takes about twenty minutes to go home from here.

      • N5
    • 母(はは)が「今日(きょう)は服(ふく)が濡(ぬ)れるくらい雨(あめ)が降(ふ)るよ」と言(い)った。

      My mother said that it's going to rain so much today that your clothes will get wet.

      • N5
    • 昨日(きのう)の日本語(にほんご)のテストは半分(はんぶん)くらい出来(でき)ました。

      I was able to complete about half of the Japanese test yesterday.

      • N5
    • あの人(ひと)は50(ごじゅっ)歳(さい)くらいだろう。

      That person is probably around 50 years old.

      • N4
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