► 接尾辞
丁 [(1)ちょう] meaning: food rank: 4
☆ ラーメン二丁御願いします ⇨ Two ramens please (☛ A generic unit for food)
☆ 豆腐一丁 ⇨ One tofu chunk (☛ A unit for tofu)
丁 [(1)ちょう] meaning: gun rank: 4
☆ 拳銃二十丁が押収された ⇨ Twenty guns were confiscated (☛ The counting unit for guns, especially handguns)
More examples:
- 室温は丁度良い ⇨ The room temperature is just right
- 丁度旨い具合に時間切れになった ⇨ Luckily, conveniently for me, we ran out of time
- 一丁やってみるか ⇨ Why don’t I give it a shot?
- 桜は丁度今身頃だ ⇨ Now is the best time to look at cherry blossoms
- 今丁度あなたに電話しようとしていたところだ ⇨ I was just about to call you now
- この包丁は先がとんがっている ⇨ This cooking knife has a sharp tip
- 試合は六時丁度に始まる ⇨ The game starts at 6 sharp
- 彼女の見事な包丁さばきには舌を巻いた ⇨ I rolled my tongue, was quite impressed, by the deftness of the way she uses kitchen knives
- 料金は五千円丁度だった ⇨ The fee was exactly ¥5K
- それは壊れやすいから丁寧に使わなきゃ駄目だ ⇨ It’s fragile so you have to handle it carefully
- 丁度いいところに彼が通りがかった ⇨ He passed by just when we needed him
- 丁度いい塩梅の味付けだ ⇨ The seasoning was done right
- 革装丁の本 ⇨ Leather-bound books
- 彼が包丁を使う手付きはぎこちない ⇨ The way he handles a kitchen knife is pretty awkward
- 彼はマグロに包丁をぶすりと入れた ⇨ He stabbed the knife into the tuna