Illustration: At a neighborhood produce stall, a vendor holds a scoop above a suspended balance after pouring beans into one pan. A fixed weight sits in the other pan, and the beam rests close to level but remains visibly a little tilted.

おおよそ

ooyoso

roughly, approximately

Example sentences

それは、おおよそ５００年前ねんまえに建たてられました。
It was built about 500 years ago.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
定員ていいんは、おおよそ4名めいから6名めい。
The fixed number was approximately four to six.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
「鎖国さこく」に対たいする評価ひょうかはおおよそ二ふたつに分わかれる。
The evaluation of 'national isolation' roughly splits into two main arguments.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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