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JLPT N3 · Adverb

ざっと (zatto)

ざっと is a Japanese adverb meaning “roughly; approximately”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ざっと
Romaji
zatto
Word class
Adverb
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. roughly; approximately; round about; more or less · adverb · onomatopoeia / mimetic
  2. cursorily; briefly; quickly; lightly; roughly · adverb · onomatopoeia / mimetic

Example sentences

私はパンフレットにざっと目をとおした。
I glanced through the brochure.
Tatoeba #159080

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1005390 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.