かれこれ

**about

およそ∥ It's about ten o'clock. かれこれ10時だ.

▲at six o'clock something かれこれ6時頃に(＝somewhere ［sometime］ around six o'clock).

彼此
one thing or another

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かれこれ

**about

およそ

It's about ten o'clock. かれこれ10時だ.

▲at six o'clock something かれこれ6時頃に(＝somewhere ［sometime］ around six o'clock).

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かれこれ

1 〔あれこれといろいろ〕 this and that; one thing and [or] another.

●かれこれ言う talk [say things] 《about…》; 〔批評する〕 criticize; 〔苦情を言う〕 complain; grumble; talk back; make complaints; 〔異議を唱える〕 object; make [raise] difficulties; put one's spoke [oar] in

・かれこれ言わずに without objecting [talking back]

・かれこれするうちに while one is doing this and that; (in the) meantime; meanwhile.

●その案にはだれもかれこれ言わなかった. No one raised any objection to the plan.

2 〔ほぼ〕 about; around; round about; almost; nearly; some; something like…; …or so; 〔そろそろ〕 soon; getting on for….

●もうかれこれ6 時になっているはずだ. It must be nearly [something like, getting on for] six o'clock.

・観客はかれこれ100 人というところか. There are 100 or so in the audience.

・彼と会わなくなってかれこれ10 年になる. It's something like 10 years since I last saw him. | I haven't seen him for getting on for 10 years.

・彼の娘もかれこれ二十歳になるだろう. His daughter will be around [nearly] 20.