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Meanings
- generally, on the whole, mostly, almost, nearly, approximately, roughly, about
- general, rough
- outline, main points, gist, substance, essence
- in the first place, first and foremost, from the start, to begin with
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Example sentences
I mostly understood.
This work is mostly finished.
I understand the general meaning, but I don't really get the details.
I think approximately ten people will come.
In the first place, there's no way anyone would believe such an unreasonable story.
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character (esp. kanji), letter, written text; handwriting, penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
important, serious, crucial; valuable, precious; serious matter, major incident, matter of grave concern, crisis; great undertaking, great enterprise, great thing; safe, OK
to get dirty, to become dirty; to become sullied, to become corrupted, to lose one's chastity
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character (esp. kanji), letter, written text; handwriting, penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
View detailsimportant, serious, crucial; valuable, precious; serious matter, major incident, matter of grave concern, crisis; great undertaking, great enterprise, great thing; safe, OK
View detailsto get dirty, to become dirty; to become sullied, to become corrupted, to lose one's chastity
View detailsI, me; you; manservant
View detailsto wrap up, to pack, to bundle, to do up; to cover, to envelop, to shroud, to engulf; to conceal (a feeling), to hide; to give (money in an envelope; as a wedding gift, funeral offering, etc.)
View detailsMetropolis (of Tokyo), (Tokyo) Metropolitan District, metropolitan prefecture; counter for cities and towns; capital
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