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  [じ]    meaning:  letter  rank: 1
☆ アルファベット使う欧米で字がめないがいるというのは不思議だ ⇨ It is somewhat strange that there are illiterate people in the US and Europe where alphabets are used
☆ の字は汚すぎてめない ⇨ His letters are, handwriting is, so bad and cannot be read
☆ 名前彼女名前も「ともこ」だが字が違う ⇨ My name and her name are both “Tomoko” but with different Kanji letters


More examples:
  • えて字がけない ⇨ My hand shakes and I can’t write
  • このに十字路が有る ⇨ There are crossroads ahead
  • 字がぎて読み辛い ⇨ The letters are too small and hard to read
  • 「ぶっ殺すぞ」は日本語では一般的表現だが、勿論文字通りの意味ではない ⇨ “I will kill you brutally” is a common expression in Japanese, even though obviously nobody means it literally
  • 彼女毎分300文字を速記することが出来る ⇨ She can write 300 letters per minute with stenography
  • 名前一升に一文字づつく ⇨ Write your name one character per cell
  • 仏蘭西フランスて字だ ⇨ 仏蘭西 is a phonetical Kanji representation of France
  • オリンピック連勝の金字塔を打ち立てた ⇨ He’s build a pyramid, achieved an incredible four consecutive Olympic gold medals
  • 文字と小文字は区別されない ⇨ Uppercase and lowercase won’t be distinguished
  • 仮名を漢字に変換するソフト ⇨ Software that converts kana into kanji
  • あなたの名字はですか? ⇨ What is your family name?
  • 日本には字がめないいない ⇨ There are few people who cannot read in Japan
  • この字は1か7か判別かない ⇨ You cannot tell if this character is 1 or 7
  • 彼女ゴムで字をした ⇨ She erased the letters with a plastic eraser
  • にはかい字でかがびっしりと書き込まれていた ⇨ Something was written tightly in small letters on the entire sheet