ざっと

Japanese

Alternative spellings
雑と (rare) 粗と (rare) 概略と (rare)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ざっと [zàttó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡za̠t̚to̞]

Adverb

ざっと • (zatto) 

1. 雑と, 粗と, 概略と: coarsely; roughly
   • 1929, 高村光雲, 幕末維新懐古談：11 大火以前の雷門附近:

     またはその頃(ころ)の名(めい)物(ぶつ)といったようなものを概略(ざっ)と話(はな)して置(お)きます。

     Mata wa sono koro no meibutsu to itta yō na mono o zatto hanashite okimasu.

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. strong (winds), heavy (rain); vigorously

Synonyms

• (roughly): 粗(あら)粗(あら) (arāra), ほぼ (hobo), 大(だい)体(たい) (daitai)