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A non-exact amount A; Around/about A
When used with question pronouns, means "around how much/many/etc".
  1. A non-exact amount A; Around/about A
    When used with question pronouns, means "around how much/many/etc".
  2. So A; to the extent A
    Shows the extent or degree of something (which usually precedes this expression)
  3. At least A
    Often used to suggest "at least A could/should be done", or "at least A is possible"
100 個こぐらい の リ ン ゴ を 持もっ て き て ね 。 
Bring about 100 apples.
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３ 分 く ら い で カ ッ プ ラ ー メ ン が できる よ 。 
You can make cup ramen in about three minutes.
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このくらい たくさん 欲 し い で す 。 
I want around this much.
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一 ヶ 月 の 支 出 は 20 万 円 く ら い で す 。 
The expenses are about 200,000 yen a month.
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毎 日 どれくらい の 距 離 を 走 っ て い る ん で す か ？ 
About how far do you run every day?

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ANoun (Number/Amount)
 
ANoun (どの/この/etc)
 
 
くらい
Basic Examples:
４０人ぐらい (about 40 people)

どのくらい？ (about how many?)

Notes
くらい and ぐらい can be used interchangeably.
Related Expressions
ほど
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Shiba inu
Level: 7
(10 months ago)

Watashino handobaggu ha konoguraino desu. My handbag is about this...size.

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So A; to the extent A
Shows the extent or degree of something (which usually precedes this expression)
  1. A non-exact amount A; Around/about A
    When used with question pronouns, means "around how much/many/etc".
  2. So A; to the extent A
    Shows the extent or degree of something (which usually precedes this expression)
  3. At least A
    Often used to suggest "at least A could/should be done", or "at least A is possible"
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あなた に は 感 謝 し て も 仕 切 れ な い く ら い だ 。 
I cannot thank you enough.
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彼 は 歩 け な い く ら い 疲 れ て い ま し た 。 
He was tired enough that he couldn't walk.
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今日 は 電 車 が 止 ま る く ら い の 大 雪 が 降 っ た 。 
It snowed enough today that the trains stopped.
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お 腹 が 一 杯 で 明日 も ご 飯 が 要 ら な い く ら い だ よ 。 
I'm so full that I don't need any food tomorrow.

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ANoun
 
Aな-adjective な
 
Aい-adjective
 
 
くらい
Notes
With this construction くらい and ぐらい can be used interchangeably.
Related Expressions
ほど
ほどだ
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mysticfive
Level: 1604
(14 years ago)
This pattern is usually used figuratively - like classic 'your mama' jokes... ^.~;;
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At least A
Often used to suggest "at least A could/should be done", or "at least A is possible"
  1. A non-exact amount A; Around/about A
    When used with question pronouns, means "around how much/many/etc".
  2. So A; to the extent A
    Shows the extent or degree of something (which usually precedes this expression)
  3. At least A
    Often used to suggest "at least A could/should be done", or "at least A is possible"
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掃 除 く ら い して くれない ？ 
Could you at least clean?

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Construction
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Aい-adjective
 
Aな-adjective な
 
ANoun
 
AVerb: Casual
 
 
くらい
Basic Examples:
１分ぐらい (at least a minute)

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柚姫ちゃん
Level: 980
(6 years ago)
くらい and ぐらい can be used interchangeably, but there seems to be a tendency to use ぐらい with nouns (新完全マスターN2).
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dolphinjet
Level: 1
彼の話はばかばかしいと言ってもいいくらいだった。
His speech verged on the ridiculous.

I've been trying to find some more complicated examples in the net. Here is one of them. It shows くらいだ can also be preceded by a phrase.
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14 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 262
Cool, thanks!
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13 years ago
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Javona
Level: 1
The usage of くらいだ／ぐらいだ　with the meaning of So A, to the extent A
Shows the extent or degree of something (which usually precedes this expression) seems to be too complicated for N5. At the top of that section is says that it is N2, so I am not sure why it shows up in the N5 grammar section. When I read through examples of how it has been used by others, I get confused.

For example:
病院にいったぐらい、走り過ぎた。
I ran so much that I went to the hospital.

I would have thought that it would need to be:
走り過ぎるぐらい、病院にいった。

Also, does the だ need to come straight after the くらい?

I would really appreciate some more help on this grammar.
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13 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 262
Do not have time to address the rest, but the N5 grammar is the third usage pattern; the first two are closer to N2.
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13 years ago
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fareastfurfaro
Level: 1
I'm not too sure how to answer the だ question. だ is the informal copula of です so it really just depends on the situation. I would generally just leave だ off completely in speech or emails if くらい happened to be at the end of my sentence unless I was really stressing something and then would probably use だよ.
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13 years ago
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Javona
Level: 1
Thanks for the answers. In regards to the だ I guess I was just confused because in most grammar patterns they assume we will know to put a copula (だ、です、etc) in the sentence in the appropriate place (or not use it) but in this explanation of grammar it specifically states くらいだ which makes it look like it is something that always goes together. I noticed in many of the examples though that the copula is not used. Thus my confusion.
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13 years ago
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The example sentence for the second meaning is using the 漢字 for くらい. Is this natural? So far, I've only seen 「位」 used when it indicates a counter word.
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12 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 262
Fixed!
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12 years ago
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IJamLegend
Level: 1
I don't think grammar point [b]1 of 3[/b] is explained well enough here, I'm having a really hard time grasping how this works and I've almost finished working my way through everything in JLPT5 and the related grammar like this one. The only examples I can see that actually end with くらいだ are ones that say ～ても〇〇くらいだ, otherwise the くらい is in the middle of the sentence and seems unrelated to this point... and I'm still not even sure how the ～ても〇〇くらいだ thing works...
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9 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 262
Yea, the だ needs to be removed from the title of the page (this page used to only include the ones that ended with くらい), doing that now. In regards to the first point, I think the easiest version to understand is the Verb + くらい. I particularly like this one, written by one of the site's users: 泣けるぐらいうれしいです。 I'm so happy, I could cry. It's using くらい (ぐらい) to show the extent of the happiness. It might be that normal happiness has you smile, or laugh, but in this sentence, the subject is happy enough that they can cry. I hope this helps!
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9 years ago
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DramaticIrony
Level: 18

For くらい meaning about/ around, what type of counter can it modify (time/ price etc.)

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10 months ago
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Anonymous123
Level: 1199
DramaticIrony は 07月 13日, 9:59に

For くらい meaning about/ around, what type of counter can it modify (time/ price etc.)

と言いました。

Any kind of counter desribing an amount. Times, prices, quantity of time, people, animals, etc.

But if you want to specify "around" a specific time, e.g. "I'll be home around 6 PM", then you want ころ/ごろ

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