► 名詞
取り [(2)とり] meaning: last rank: 4
☆ 彼女が紅白歌合戦の大トリを務めた ⇨ She was the final singer in the New Year’s Eve singing contest (☛ A performer who performs at the end of an event)
More examples:
- 学校は彼が自宅で勉強出来るように取り計らった ⇨ The school specially arranged so that he can study from his home
- 彼女は取り付く島もなかった ⇨ She didn’t give me anything to hold onto. She flatly refused to talk to me
- 彼女は子供のおむつを取り替えた ⇨ She replaced her baby’s diaper
- 彼の公演は取り止めになった ⇨ His public performance, show, was canceled
- 両チームが点を取り合った ⇨ Both teams scored many points taking turns
- 放射能物質の取り扱いには細心の注意を払う必要が有る ⇨ There is a need to handle radioactive materials with utmost caution
- 彼は悪霊に取り憑かれている ⇨ He is possessed by an evil spirit
- 取り立てて問題が無いところを微調整しようとしてやぶ蛇になった ⇨ I tried to fine-tune when there was no immediate problem and it backfired
- 時代に取り残されたような街 ⇨ A town that looks like left behind the time
- カメラを構えていなかったので写真を取り損ねた ⇨ I didn’t have my camera in the position and missed to take pictures
- 彼は仕事をするより上司に取り入ることに一生懸命だ ⇨ He spends more energy on brown-nosing his boss than getting his work done
- 彼はシートベルトをしていなかったのが命取りになった ⇨ His not wearing the seatbelt was fatal
- 彼等は新しい高層住宅を建てるために古い家を取り壊した ⇨ They destroyed the old houses to build a new high rise
- 家の見取り図 ⇨ A floorplan of a house
- 取り付けは自分で簡単に出来る ⇨ You can do the installation yourself easily