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  [き]  [奇を衒う]    meaning:  show off  rank: 3
☆ は奇を衒っい ⇨ 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
  • 奇跡はこらなかった ⇨ A miracle didn’t happen
  • 彼等の奇襲で損害けた ⇨ They suffered a heavy loss by the surprise attack of the enemy
  • 言うことは奇抜なだけでい ⇨ What he says is just unusual but there is no substance
  • 彼等は奇抜な作戦相手さぶりをかけた ⇨ They tried to fluster the opponent by using an unusual tactic
  • 怪我から奇跡的な復帰げた ⇨ He has made a miraculous comeback from the serious injuries
  • 我々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
  • 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 ⇨ A book that stirs children’s curiosity
  • 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責任だ ⇨ It is adults’ responsibility to grow children’s curiosity
  • 彼女事故で奇跡的に無傷だった ⇨ She was miraculously unharmed in the accident