くらい
Meanings
Suffix
Particle
1. approximately; about; around; or so (also written as 位)
2. to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least
3. as ... as ...; like
Other readings
Pitch accent
くらい
Examples238
ここ から 車 で10 分 くらい です。
It's about a ten-minute drive from here.
彼 は60 歳 ぐらい です。
He is close to sixty.
彼 は40 歳 くらい です。
He is about forty.
多分、2 時間 ぐらい 勉強した よ。
I studied for perhaps two hours.
駅 まで は バス で10 分 ぐらい かかります。
It's about ten minutes to the station by bus.
6 回 ぐらい 聞いた よ。
Yeah, I asked about six times.