► 名詞
常 [(1)つね] [liter] meaning: normal rank: 4
☆ 栄枯盛衰は世の常なり ⇨ The cycle of prosperity and decline is the way of the world
More examples:
- 彼は常に全うな人生を生きてきた ⇨ He has always lived a honest, upright, life
- 死の恐怖を全く感じない人は正常でない ⇨ People who don’t have any fear of death are abnormal
- 彼は麻薬を常習している ⇨ He regularly uses narcotics
- 時代は常に移り変わる ⇨ Times always change
- 戦闘機が異常に低空飛行した ⇨ A fighter plane flew at an abnormally low altitude
- この街では停電は日常茶飯事だ ⇨ Power outages are common occurrences in this town
- ダイアモンドは非常に硬い ⇨ Diamond is very hard
- 真夜中に人に電話するなんてなんて非常識な奴だ ⇨ He has no common sense that he calls someone during midnight
- 彼は非常に背が高いので特製の自転車に乗っている ⇨ He rides a custom-made bicycle because he is very tall
- この地域の冬は非常に厳しい ⇨ Winter in this area is very harsh
- 大統領には常に護衛がついている ⇨ Bodyguards always accompany the president
- 異常気象のせいで収穫の予想が狂ってしまった ⇨ The crop forecast has gone wrong because of the unusual weather
- 小国は常に大国の顔色を窺わなくていけない ⇨ Small countries always have to watch out for big countries’ moods
- 家族の日常風景を描いた映画 ⇨ A movie that depicts scenes from everyday life of a family
- 若い人達は容姿に非常に気を使う ⇨ Young people are very attentive about their physical appearances