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I found myself stuttering when I tried to tell my boss that I had finished
sending **a-hundred-some-odd** emails yesterday.

I've ask a similar question on HiNative a long time ago, and here I quote the
answer I received:

> 十何人は10〜19人の間です
>
> 十数人はおおよそ10〜19人の間です
>
> 何十人は10〜99人までのことを言います

Following this logic, I reckon saying **百七十何通** might be it. However, somehow
this does not ring a bell at all.

Is there no equivalent to this expression in Japanese?
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How does one express uncertainty when describing numbers e.g. 170-odd cases
Off the top of my head,

約【やく】170

大雑把【おおざっぱ】に170くらい

170あまり (implies slightly more than 170)

170弱【じゃく】 (implies slightly less than 170)

アバウト１７０ (just kidding)
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* You can say 百七十ちょい (very casual), 百七十ちょっと (casual), 百七十[あまり](https://jisho.org/word/%E4%BD%99%E3%82%8A) and 百七十[強（きょう）](https://jisho.org/word/%E5%BC%B7) (formal).
  * You can also say 百七十幾つ（ひゃくななじゅういくつ） and 百七十幾ら（ひゃくななじゅういくら）, but you cannot use a counter (e.g., 通) with them.
  * 百七十数通（ひゃくななじゅうすうつう） is also acceptable, but it's less common than the others presumably because 170 is already specific enough. 百数十通 is common (roughly between 110 and 190).
  * Yet another way to say this is 百七、八十通（ひゃくしち・はちじゅっつう）. See: [What is the correct expression of 10/20, 20/30, 30/40 etc?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/68582/5010)
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