おおよそ
N2 ooyoso
- about
- roughly
- as a rule
- approximately
adverb
Also written 大凡
Chinese meanings
大约;大致
Examples
- 彼女のおおよその年齢しか知らない。We can only know her approximate age.我只知道她的大致年龄。
- それは、おおよそ500年前に建てられました。It was built about 500 years ago.那是在大约五百年前建造的。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('1495560853'); // おおよそ
{
"id": "1495560853",
"word": "おおよそ",
"reading": "おおよそ",
"romaji": "ooyoso",
"meanings": [
"about",
"roughly",
"as a rule",
"approximately"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1415050,
"other_forms": [
"大凡"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼女のおおよその年齢しか知らない。",
"en": "We can only know her approximate age.",
"tatoeba_id": 94737
},
{
"ja": "それは、おおよそ500年前に建てられました。",
"en": "It was built about 500 years ago.",
"tatoeba_id": 8919774
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "bc49f310d7033647c18117d236965d16744217d85ec15ee7f49c80ffa7bf7643",
"meanings": [
"大约",
"大致"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼女のおおよその年齢しか知らない。",
"zh": "我只知道她的大致年龄。"
},
{
"ja": "それは、おおよそ500年前に建てられました。",
"zh": "那是在大约五百年前建造的。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/1495560853",
"JMdict ent_seq 1415050; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "c8e38c2b50dd7a1d88533a51b2013b4377fd0708be542ccee85bd1f819df0ac9"
}
}