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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

おおよそ

N2
ooyoso
  1. about
  2. roughly
  3. as a rule
  4. 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"
  }
}