くらい

Word

くらい

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くらい

Meaning

approximately, about

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Sentence

毎日、７時間くらい眠ります。

Sentence Furigana

毎[まい] 日[にち]、 ７[しち] 時[じ] 間[かん]くらい 眠[ねむ]ります。

Sentence Meaning

I sleep for about seven hours every day.

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Pitch Accent Notes

The word くらい compounds like ○○く＼らい for the most part. There are multiple exceptions: 1. くらい is flat if after これ, この, それ, その, あれ, or あの. 2. どれくらい and どのくらい can either be atamadaka or heiban. 3. くらい may or may not compound with verbs, adjectives, and adjectival nouns. 4. After either flat verbs or flat adjectives, くらい is く＼らい, while it can either be くらい￣ or く＼らい after flat adjectival nouns.

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