あじさい (Ajisai: Hydrangeas) are one of the flowers that best represent early summer in Japan.✨ They bloom in beautiful shades of blue, purple, pink, and white, and they look especially stunning when covered with raindrops.💧 In Japan, many people feel that the rainy season has arrived when hydrangeas begin to bloom. Although the rainy season can sometimes be inconvenient, hydrangeas are one of the things that make this time of year special.☔️🌿 There is something very calming a

If you've studied Japanese for a while, you've probably learned that ぐらい and ごろ both translate to "about" or "around." So they should be interchangeable, right? Let's test that. "10時(じ)ぐらいに会(あ)いましょう" and "10時(じ)ごろに会(あ)いましょう" both sound completely natural. But "5分(ふん)ぐらい待(ま)ってください" works fine, while "5分(ふん)ごろ待(ま)ってください" doesn't actually make sense. Same English translation, very different results. Amount(money, weight, duration) Point in time ぐらい ☑️ ¥10,000ぐらい／5分(ふん)ぐらい ☑️　10時