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奇 [き] [奇を衒う] meaning: show off rank: 3
☆ 彼は奇を衒った所が全く無い ⇨ He never does any theatrics to get attention. He has zero pretension, affectation (☛ Do something unusual to show off one’s abilities, or attract attention)
More examples:
- 事情を知らない人達には奇妙に映るだろう ⇨ It must look strange to those who don’t know the background
- 奇才画家サルバドール・ダリ ⇨ A mercurial genius painter Salvador Dali
- 奇跡は起こらなかった ⇨ A miracle didn’t happen
- 彼等は敵の奇襲で大損害を受けた ⇨ They suffered a heavy loss by the surprise attack of the enemy
- 彼の言うことは奇抜なだけで実が無い ⇨ What he says is just unusual but there is no substance
- 彼等は奇抜な作戦で相手に揺さぶりをかけた ⇨ They tried to fluster the opponent by using an unusual tactic
- 彼は大怪我から奇跡的な復帰を遂げた ⇨ He has made a miraculous comeback from the serious injuries
- 我々は敵の裏をかいて奇襲をかけた ⇨ We outsmarted our enemy and ambushed them
- 怪奇小説 ⇨ A horror, supernatural, novel
- 彼は奇人で通っている ⇨ He is well known as an eccentric
- 子供の好奇心を掻き立てる本 ⇨ A book that stirs children’s curiosity
- 彼は最近奇行が目立つようになった ⇨ He has been exhibiting strange behaviors recently
- 彼等は奇跡的に勝った ⇨ They won miraculously
- 子供の好奇心を培うのは大人の責任だ ⇨ It is adults’ responsibility to grow children’s curiosity
- 彼女は事故で奇跡的に無傷だった ⇨ She was miraculously unharmed in the accident