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Usages of gurai
一週間 ぐらい かかりました。issyuukan gurai kakarimasita.
It took about a week.
六十 ドル ぐらい でした。rokuzyuu doru gurai desita.
It was about sixty dollars.
彼 に 十回 ぐらい 聞きました。kare ni zyukkai gurai kikimasita.
(I) asked him about ten times.
あの 映画 は、 二時間 ぐらい かかります。
あの 映画 は、 二時間 ごろ かかります。
ano eiga ha, nizikan gurai kakarimasu.ano eiga ha, nizikan goro kakarimasu.
That movie takes about two hours.
彼女 は、 五十歳 ぐらい です。
彼女 は、 五十歳 ごろ です。
kanozyo ha, gozyussai gurai desu.kanozyo ha, gozyussai goro desu.
She's about fifty years old.
この 市 の 人口 は 五十万人 ぐらい です。kono si no zinkou ha gozyuumannin gurai desu.
The population of this city is about 500,000.
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