Meaning of 大ざっぱ in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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大ざっぱ, 大雑把JLPT 2
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Kana Readingおおざっぱ
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Romajiōzappa
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- rough (as in not precise); broad; sketchy
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Example Sentences
大ざっぱ, 大雑把, おおざっぱ used in context
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Roughly speaking, there were about 30 people in the bus.
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おおざっぱに言うと、英国の季節も日本のものとほとんど同じだ。
Roughly speaking, the seasons in England correspond with those in Japan.
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He's the type who doesn't worry about details.
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３人のうちの１人が芝刈り機で私の庭を大雑把にさっと刈り、もう一人が妻の庭の端の伸びた雑草をさっと２、３回刈り、残りの一人はトラックに上がってタバコをすっていた。
While one of them sped around major parts of the property on the mower, a second made a few sweeps at some tall weeds on the edge of my wife's garden, and the third got into the truck and smoked a cigarette.
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