おおむね

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む

ね

JLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

usually written using kana alone

Adverb used to describe the overall situation, main part, or approximate extent. Often used when summarizing or giving a rough estimate.

おおむね計けい画かく通どおりに進すすんでいる。

Things are going mostly according to plan.

参さん加か者しゃはおおむね20人にんくらいだった。

There were roughly 20 participants.

2

Noun meaning the essential content or summary of something. Often used in phrases like おおむねを話す or おおむねを説明する.

概おおむね〈形けい容よう詞し〉generally / on the whole (describing an overall state)
この計けい画かくは概おおむね順じゅん調ちょうに進すすんでいる。
This plan is generally going well.
〈事こと〉のおおむねをつかむto grasp the gist/outline of something
報ほう告こく書しょのおおむねをつかんでから質しつ問もんした。
I asked questions after grasping the gist of the report.
概おおむね〜通どおりroughly as expected/planned
結けっ果かは概おおむね予よ想そう通どおりだった。
The result was roughly as expected.
〈事こと〉は概おおむね〜だgenerally speaking, ~ is the case (summarizing a situation)
参さん加か者しゃの反はん応のうは概おおむね好こう意い的てきだった。
The participants' reactions were generally favorable.

大だい体たいN5sense 1
大体 is the everyday, spoken-language word for 'roughly/mostly', while 概ね is a bit more formal and common in writing or business contexts.
概がい略りゃくN1sense 2
概略 is a technical noun for a written or spoken outline, while the noun sense of 概ね refers more simply to the gist or main point of something.
ほぼN3sense 1
ほぼ emphasizes closeness to a specific figure or state ('almost exactly'), whereas 概ね describes the overall tendency of a broader situation.
総そうじてN1sense 1
総じて is used when summarizing across many individual cases ('on the whole'), while 概ね can describe a single situation's approximate state.

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概がいして sense 1
概して leans toward making a general judgment or evaluation, while 概ね more neutrally states an approximate degree or extent.
大たい概がいN1
概ね is a slightly more formal, written-style word for 'generally/roughly', overlapping closely with 大概 in its 'generally' sense.

おおむねUsage77%
Usually written in kana; the kanji form 概ね is also used but less common.
概おおむねUsage22%
Kanji form, less common than kana; the reading is おおむね.
大おお旨むねUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; learners should recognize it but not actively use it.

Compound of 大 (おお, 'big') + 旨 (むね, 'purport, gist'). The kanji 概 (おおむ.ね) is a later ateji assignment based on meaning.