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およそ (oyoso)

About; more or less; broadly speaking

Meaning & usage

およそ means about or approximately and presents a number or description as a rough estimate rather than an exact value. It is an adverb placed before quantities like およそ10日間 or およそ四倍, and it also appears in the pattern おおよその plus a noun, as in おおよその年齢. It is common in formal writing and reports, where it sounds more careful than casual equivalents.

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