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| kurai | くらい | |
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| grade, rank, court order, dignity, nobility, situation, throne, crown, occupying a position, about, almost, as, rather, at least, enough to | |
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富でその地位を買おうと言うのか。
tomi de sono chī o kao u to iu no ka. Do you want to buy the position with your wealth? |
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彼女は生物学の学位を持っている。
kanojo wa seibutsu gaku no gakui o motte iru. She has a degree in biology. |
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類人猿は知的には犬より上位である。
ruijinen wa chiteki ni wa inu yori jōi de aru. Apes rank above dogs in intelligence. |
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満足はごちそうと同じ位結構なもの。
manzoku wa gochisō to onaji kurai kekkō na mono. Enough is as good as a feast. |
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彼女達は社会的地位の向上を願った。
kanojo tachi wa shakai teki chī no kōjō o negatta. The women longed to climb up the social ladder. |
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彼女は会社の責任ある地位についた。
kanojo wa kaisha no sekinin aru chī ni tsui ta. She gained a position of responsibility in the firm. |
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父はもっとよい地位につくために辞職した。
chichi wa motto yoi chī ni tsuku tame ni jishoku shi ta. Father resigned from his position for a better one. |
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彼女はとてもうらやましい地位についている。
kanojo wa totemo urayamashī chī ni tsui te iru. She has a very enviable position. |
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僕たちはパレードを見るのにいい位置を占めた。
boku tachi wa parēdo o miru no ni ī ichi o shime ta. We took a good place to see the parade. |
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平静を保てないと君は地位を失うことになるよ。
heisei o tamote nai to kimi wa chī o ushinau koto ni naru yo. You will lose your position if you don't keep your temper. |
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僕の父はもう責任のある地位にはついていません。
boku no chichi wa mō sekinin no aru chī ni wa tsui te i masen. My father has no longer a responsible position. |
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5814を千の位に四捨五入すれば何になりますか。
go hachi ichi yon o sen no kurai ni shishagonyū sure ba nani ni nari masu ka. What is 5814 rounded to the nearest thousand? | What's 5,814 rounded to the nearest thousand? |
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彼女はテニスがとてもうまいが、私も同じ位うまい。
kanojo wa tenisu ga totemo umai ga, watashi mo onaji kurai umai. She can play tennis very well, but I can play just about as well as she can. | She can play tennis very well, but I can play as well as she can. |
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部長は、その地位に適しているには控え目な人だとほのめかした。
buchō wa, sono chī ni tekishi te iru ni wa hikaeme na hito da to honomekashi ta. The manager implied that a modest man was suitable for the position. |
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旧システム用に書かれたソフトとの上位互換性を保つのは大切です。
kyū shisutemu yō ni kaka re ta sofuto to no jōi gokan sei o tamotsu no wa taisetsu desu. It is important to maintain backward compatibility with software that was written to run on the former system. |
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例えば、私は、来年進学する大学の単位が実際にもらえる数学の上級クラスにいます。
tatoeba, watashi wa, rainen shingaku suru daigaku no tani ga jissai ni moraeru sūgaku no jōkyū kurasu ni i masu. For example, I am in a high-level math class that actually gives me college credits for next year. |
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新車時300万円した車も今では30万円位だそうですから、もう少し乗ろうと思います。
shinsha ji san zero zero man en shi ta kuruma mo ima de wa san zero man en i da sō desu kara, mōsukoshi noro u to omoi masu. Cars that, when new, cost 3,000,000 yen are apparently now worth 300,000, so I think I'll use mine a little longer. |
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ストロンチウム90:ストロンチウムの放射性同位体の一つ;放射性降下物に含まれ人体に有害。
### - sutoronchūmu kyū zero : sutoronchūmu no hōsha sei dōi tai no hitotsu ; hōsha sei kōka butsu ni fukuma re jintai ni yūgai. Strontium 90: One of the radioisotopes of strontium; part of radioactive fallout, harmful to human health. |
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彼の評論は問題の表面的な分析結果を取り上げていただけだったのでクラスで最上位の成績を得たことにとても驚いた。
kare no hyōron wa mondai no hyōmen teki na bunseki kekka o toriage te i ta dake datta node kurasu de sai jōi no seiseki o e ta koto ni totemo odoroi ta. His essay gave only a superficial analysis of the problem, so it was a real surprise to him when he got the highest grade in the class. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

