► 成句
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:
- 人は彼の障害を好奇の目で見るだけだった ⇨ People only rubbernecked at his disability
- 子供の好奇心を育てる教育 ⇨ Education that nourishes children’s curiosity
- 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
- 主人公の奇妙な冒険と運命を描いた物語 ⇨ A story about the strange, mind-blowing, adventure and fate of the protagonist
- 怪奇小説 ⇨ A horror, supernatural, novel
- 彼の人生は数奇な運命を辿った ⇨ His life followed a strange, unimaginable, destiny
- 彼等は奇跡的に勝った ⇨ They won miraculously
- 彼は最近奇行が目立つようになった ⇨ He has been exhibiting strange behaviors recently
- 奇術師 ⇨ A magician
- あの人は稀に見る奇特な人だ ⇨ He is a noble person you rarely see
- 彼の奇行で世間を度々騒がせた ⇨ He has generated controversies time to time with his antics
- 彼は「奇跡を呼ぶ男」と呼ばれている ⇨ He is called “a man who brings about a miracle”
- 彼等は奇策で相手に一泡吹かせた ⇨ They used a trick play and stunned the opponent
- 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
- 好奇心旺盛な子供 ⇨ A child full of curiosity