roughly; broadly; more or less
Used to describe doing something in a rough, approximate, or cursory manner, without attention to detail. Often appears with verbs like 言う, 説明する, 知る, 分ける.
Please explain the outline of the plan roughly.
I know the story more or less.
Standard kanji spelling for the adverbial meaning 'roughly, broadly'.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing when the kanji nuance is not needed.
Variant kanji spelling; less common than 粗々.
Rare variant using 荒; may be confused with the reduplicated form of 荒い.
Rare variant; same caution as 荒々.
Reduplication of 粗 (あら, 'rough, coarse'), forming an adverb meaning 'in a rough manner'. The kanji 荒 is a variant with overlapping meaning.