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Meaning of 大まか(おおまか) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 大まか

Kana Reading おおまか

Romaji ōmaka

Parts of speech

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

rough (e.g. sketch, approximation); broad

Example sentence

大まかに言って、犬は猫より忠実だ。 Broadly speaking, dogs are more faithful than cats.
Parts of speech

Meaning

generous; openhanded

Example sentence

大まかなやり方は私にも分かるんだが、いざ細かいところになるとにっちもさっちも行かなくなりそうだ。 I understand the general approach, but I'm afraid that I'm getting bogged down in the details.

Examples of 大まか, おおまか in a sentence

大まかに言って、犬は猫より忠実だ。

Broadly speaking, dogs are more faithful than cats.
大まかなやり方は私にも分かるんだが、いざ細かいところになるとにっちもさっちも行かなくなりそうだ。

I understand the general approach, but I'm afraid that I'm getting bogged down in the details.
警察官はその少女に、いなくなった犬の大まかな絵を描くように求めた。

The police asked the girl to make a rough sketch of her lost dog.

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Kanji in this word

大 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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