大雑把

Meaning

1. adj-na
   rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; sweeping; loose
2. adj-na
   careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude

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.

• 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.

• ３人のうちの１人が芝刈り機で私の庭を大雑把にさっと刈り、もう一人が妻の庭の端の伸びた雑草をさっと２、３回刈り、残りの一人はトラックに上がってタバコをすっていた。

  While one of them sped around major parts of the property on the mower, a second made a few sweeps at some tall weeds on the edge of my wife's garden, and the third got into the truck and smoked a cigarette.