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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

およそ

N3
oyoso
  1. about
  2. roughly
  3. as a rule
  4. approximately
adverb

Also written 凡そ

Chinese meanings

大约;大致

Examples

  • およそどれくらいの価か値ちがありますか。
    What's their approximate worth?
    大约值多少钱?
  • 私わたしはおよそ3週しゅう間かんここにいる。
    I have been here for about three weeks.
    我在这里待了大约三周。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('ed0978af53'); // およそ
{
  "id": "ed0978af53",
  "word": "およそ",
  "reading": "およそ",
  "romaji": "oyoso",
  "meanings": [
    "about",
    "roughly",
    "as a rule",
    "approximately"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1523450,
  "other_forms": [
    "凡そ"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "およそどれくらいの価値がありますか。",
      "furigana": "およそどれくらいの{価値|かち}がありますか。",
      "en": "What's their approximate worth?",
      "tatoeba_id": 227476
    },
    {
      "ja": "私はおよそ3週間ここにいる。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}はおよそ3{週間|しゅうかん}ここにいる。",
      "en": "I have been here for about three weeks.",
      "tatoeba_id": 161266
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "27538763621740f5074bc484b47cf333b1d63485650285b79ebad98ceeec0e93",
    "meanings": [
      "大约",
      "大致"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "およそどれくらいの価値がありますか。",
        "zh": "大约值多少钱?"
      },
      {
        "ja": "私はおよそ3週間ここにいる。",
        "zh": "我在这里待了大约三周。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/ed0978af53",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1523450; 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": "f72fcf9f3d5336784026131edc24f58130526523d362ea587a2871c75e5fbce6"
  }
}