Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 大ざっぱ(おおざっぱ) in Japanese

大ざっぱ, 大雑把
JLPT 2
Kana Reading
おおざっぱ
Romaji
ōzappa
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    rough (as in not precise); broad; sketchy
    Example sentence
    大雑把に言えばバスには30ほど人達がいました。 Roughly speaking, there were about 30 people in the bus.

Examples of 大ざっぱ, 大雑把, おおざっぱ in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 1

7 strokes

grasp, faggot, bunch, counter for bundles

On'Yomi: ハ, ワ

Kun'Yomi:

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JLPT 3

14 strokes

miscellaneous

On'Yomi: ザツ, ゾウ

Kun'Yomi: まじ.える, まじ.る

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JLPT 5

3 strokes

large, big

On'Yomi: ダイ, タイ

Kun'Yomi: おお-, おお.きい, -おお.いに

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