N21577/1725

大おお雑ざっ把ぱ

な adjectiveadjective (generic)

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おおざっぱ

Meanings

rough (estimate, summary, etc.), broad, general, sweeping, loose
careless (e.g. work), sloppy, crude

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Example sentences

彼かれの説明せつめいは大雑把おおざっぱすぎて、細こまかい部分ぶぶんが全然ぜんぜんわからなかった。

His explanation was too rough, and I couldn't understand the details at all.

大雑把おおざっぱな計画けいかくでは、プロジェクトを成功せいこうさせることは難むずかしい。

With such a rough plan, it will be difficult to make the project a success.

大雑把おおざっぱに言いえば、このプロジェクトには三みっつの段階だんかいがあります。

Broadly speaking, this project has three stages.

彼女かのじょは仕事しごとが大雑把おおざっぱなため、よくミスをする。

She often makes mistakes because her work is sloppy.

大雑把おおざっぱな見積みつもりではあるが、工事こうじには少すくなくとも二百万円にひゃくまんえんかかるだろうと思おもわれる。

Although it is a rough estimate, the construction work is expected to cost at least two million yen.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)