ZAKKU-RI ざっくり
Meanings
① A rough, approximate state.
② The state of cutting or breaking something with vigorous force.
Also, the appearance of cuts and cracks that are disastrous and deep.
③ The weave or texture of a fabric is coarse and thick to the touch.
Examples
① Please tell us the cost of the construction in roughly one million yen.
工事の費用をざっくり100万円単位でいいので教えてください。
② With a large knife, he roughly chopped Chinese cabbage and watermelon.
大きな包丁で、白菜やスイカをざっくり切った。
② When I was chopping, I cut my fingertips roughly with a knife.
みじん切りをしていたら、包丁で指先をざっくり切ってしまった。
③ This winter, coarse cloth knits were all the rage.
この冬はざっくりニットが流行した。
Dogmatic Opinion
When speed is more important than accuracy and detail, “Tell me just approximate.”
When I hear the word “Zakkuri” I think of large, fresh vegetables such as Chinese cabbage and watermelon, which are cut in half with a reasonably large blade.
Cutting or severing with a petty knife is not “Zakkuri”.
There is also no image of more than three divisions.
I get angry when a salesperson tells me, “Your choice of plan is, roughly（Zakkuri） speaking, one of the ABC’s.”
I’d like it to be something like, “Roughly（Zakkuri) speaking, A or B.”
③ as well as “non-fine, non-slender, non-small.”
The “moderately appropriate looseness” is “Zakkuri”.
Proximate Expression
coarse cloth
approximately
roughly
vigorously
