Sunday, November 30, 2008

V. Words for degrees : Gurai or kurai

Gurai or kurai means "about." They follow quantity words.
'Dono gurai'/'dono kurai' and 'dore gurai'/'dore kurai' mean "about how much."
'Ikutsu gurai'/'ikutsu kurai' means "about how many."

Example
A : Kanji wa mainichi ikutsu gurai oboemasu ka.
"About how many kanji do you memorize everyday?"
B : 15 gurai oboemasu.
"I memorize about l5 kanji."

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