► 名詞
左 [ひだり] meaning: left rank: 1
☆ 次を左に曲がって ⇨ Turn left at the next corner
More examples:
- 競走トラックは左回りだ ⇨ Running tracks go around and turn left
- 道を横切る時は左右を良く見てからに ⇨ When you cross a road look both your left and right carefully
- 彼は感情に左右されない冷徹な商売人だ ⇨ He is a cold, calculating businessman who won’t be swayed by emotions
- 彼は左の耳が聞こえない ⇨ He cannot hear in his left ear
- 彼は左フックで相手を倒した ⇨ He knocked down the opponent with a left hook
- 車を発進させる前に前後と左右を確認すること ⇨ Check the front and back, left and right of you before you start your car
- 打球は左に流れた ⇨ The ball sailed to the left
- 拙者は加藤権左衛門と申す ⇨ I am Gonzaemon Kato
- 個人的な感情に左右されてはいけない ⇨ You can’t be swayed by your personal feelings
- 相手の左目が塞がり試合は俄然彼に有利になった ⇨ The left eye of the opponent got swollen shut and the advantage in the fight suddenly shifted to him
- 彼は閑職に左遷された ⇨ He was demoted to an unimportant position
- 人の顔は左右対称ではない ⇨ Human faces are not symmetrical (left and right)
- 彼は親の遺産で左団扇で暮らしている ⇨ He is living an easy comfortable life with the inheritance from his parents
- 皆どうしていいか分からず右往左往するだけだった ⇨ Nobody knew what to do and they just go left and right, wander about, in total confusion
- 子供が靴を左右反対に履いている ⇨ A child is wearing his shoes left and right reversed, on wrong feet