Meaning of "くらいいる"?


Read this sentence in an article.
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> アラサーにもなれば彼氏くらいいるものでしょ

Why is くらい used here? I've only seen くらい used when speaking about quantity.
How does it function here?




> 「アラサーにもなれば彼氏{かれし}くらいいるものでしょ」

「くらい」, in this context, is nuanced. It does not mean "approximately", which
the word most often means.

Here. 「くらい」 means " _ **at least**_ " or " _ **at the very least**_ ".

「いる」 means " _ **to have**_ ", " _ **to possess**_ " here.

For the 「ものでしょ」 part, you may want to read:

[The meanings of ものだ](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/43083/the-
meanings-of-%e3%82%82%e3%81%ae%e3%81%a0/43127#43127)

It is the second usage (general tendency) in this sentence.

> "If you are around 30 (years old), you would probably have at least a
> boyfriend." or
>
> "If you are around 30, one would generally expect that you would have at
> least a boyfriend."

"a BF if not a husband" would be the implicit nuance.




> 「アラサーにもなれば彼氏{かれし}くらいいるものでしょ」

「くらい」, in this context, is nuanced. It does not mean "approximately", which
the word most often means.

Here. 「くらい」 means " _ **at least**_ " or " _ **at the very least**_ ".

「いる」 means " _ **to have**_ ", " _ **to possess**_ " here.

For the 「ものでしょ」 part, you may want to read:

[The meanings of ものだ](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/43083/the-
meanings-of-%e3%82%82%e3%81%ae%e3%81%a0/43127#43127)

It is the second usage (general tendency) in this sentence.

> "If you are around 30 (years old), you would probably have at least a
> boyfriend." or
>
> "If you are around 30, one would generally expect that you would have at
> least a boyfriend."

"a BF if not a husband" would be the implicit nuance.

