JLPT N2 · な-adjective

おおざっぱ (oozappa)

おおざっぱ is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おおざっぱ
Romaji: oozappa
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; sweeping; loose · な-adjective
careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude · な-adjective

Example sentences

大雑把に言えば、バスには３０名ほどの人達がいました。

Roughly speaking, there were about 30 people in the bus.

Tatoeba #137537

あの人って大ざっぱな性格だからね。

He's the type who doesn't worry about details.

Tatoeba #230785

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

Conjugation of おおざっぱ

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	おおざっぱだ	おおざっぱだ oozappada
Present (polite)	おおざっぱです	おおざっぱです oozappadesu
Negative	おおざっぱじゃない	おおざっぱじゃない oozappajanai
Past	おおざっぱだった	おおざっぱだった oozappadatta
Negative past	おおざっぱじゃなかった	おおざっぱじゃなかった oozappajanakatta
Te-form	おおざっぱで	おおざっぱで oozappade
Before a noun	おおざっぱな	おおざっぱな oozappana
Adverb (~ni)	おおざっぱに	おおざっぱに oozappani

Source: JMdict entry 1412950 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.