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くらい／ぐらい

 
So A, to the extent A
Shows the extent or degree of something (which usually precedes this expression)

  1. So A, to the extent A
    Shows the extent or degree of something (which usually precedes this expression)
  2. A non-exact amount A, Around/about A
    When used with question pronouns, means "around how much/many/etc".
  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し切れ無いくらいだ。」
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位の大雪が降った。」
It snowed enough today that the trains stopped.
 
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「お腹が一杯で明日も御飯が要らない位だよ。」
I'm so full that I don't need any food tomorrow.
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Construction
AVerb: Casual
ANoun
Aな-adjective + な
Aい-adjective
+くらい+だ
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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This pattern is usually used figuratively - like classic 'your mama' jokes... ^.~;;
6+ years ago
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A non-exact amount A, Around/about A
When used with question pronouns, means "around how much/many/etc".

  1. So A, to the extent A
    Shows the extent or degree of something (which usually precedes this expression)
  2. A non-exact amount A, Around/about A
    When used with question pronouns, means "around how much/many/etc".
  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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「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２０万位です。」
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？」
About how far do you run every day?
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Construction
ANoun (Number/Amount)
ANoun (どの/この/etc)
+くらい
Examples:
４０にんぐらい (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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At least A
Often used to suggest "at least A could/should be done", or "at least A is possible"

  1. So A, to the extent A
    Shows the extent or degree of something (which usually precedes this expression)
  2. A non-exact amount A, Around/about A
    When used with question pronouns, means "around how much/many/etc".
  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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Construction
Aい-adjective
Aな-adjective + な
ANoun
AVerb: Casual
+くらい
Examples:
１ぷんぐらい (at least a minute)



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Discussion about this grammar
dolphinjet
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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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Studying : 適当に
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Cool, thanks!
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Javona
Years studied : 6
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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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5+ years ago.

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マイコー
Years studied : Too many (not enough!)
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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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fareastfurfaro
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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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Javona
Years studied : 6
元気 : 23,200, 好 : 488
ポスト : 364, はんこ : 37
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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5+ 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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Years studied : Too many (not enough!)
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Fixed!
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IJamLegend
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I don't think grammar point 1 of 3 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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マイコー
Years studied : Too many (not enough!)
Studying : 適当に
Site admin 元気 : 35,220, 好 : 2,241
ポスト : 7,131, はんこ : 38
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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