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Decoded Slug: だいたい〜 (daitai〜)

Japanese JLPT Grammar Point
だいたい〜 (daitai〜)

だいたい〜 (daitai〜)

Short explanation:

Expresses 'roughly', 'approximately', or 'almost'.

Formation:

だいたい + Number/Amount/Percentage

Examples:

だいたい100人がパーティーに参加しました。
Daitai hyaku nin ga paatii ni sanka shimashita.
Approximately 100 people attended the party.
彼女はだいたい2時間でその仕事を終えます。
Kanojo wa daitai ni jikan de sono shigoto o oemasu.
She finishes that work in roughly two hours.
だいたい80%の生徒が試験に合格しました。
Daitai hachijuu paasento no seito ga shiken ni goukaku shimashita.
About 80% of the students passed the exam.
今日はだいたい30度の暑さです。
Kyou wa daitai sanjuu-do no atsusa desu.
Today is almost 30 degrees hot.

Long explanation:

The だいたい〜 (daitai〜) grammar point is used to express a rough estimate or generalization, meaning 'roughly', 'approximately', or 'almost' in English. It can be used before numbers, amounts, or percentages to show that the value is not exact.
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