► 動詞
意味 [(1)いみ] [意味する] [liter] meaning: mean rank: 2
☆ この気候の変化が何を意味しているのかは未だはっきりしない ⇨ It is still not clear what this change in climate really means
► 名詞
意味 [(1)いみ] meaning: meaning rank: 1
☆ この文章の意味が分からない ⇨ I don’t understand the meaning of this sentence
☆ どういう意味ですか？ ⇨ What do you mean? What are you driving at?
意味 [(1)いみ] [意味が有る] meaning: meaning rank: 1
☆ そんなことをして何の意味があるのか分からない ⇨ I don’t understand what is the meaning, point, of doing something like that
意味 [(1)いみ] [意味が無い] meaning: meaning rank: 1
☆ そんな事をしても意味がない ⇨ It is meaningless to do something like that
More examples:
- 意味が理解出来ない ⇨ I don’t understand its meaning
- この絵に性的な意味は無い ⇨ This drawing has no sexual meaning
- 彼は質問の意味が解らずまごついた ⇨ He didn’t understand the question and know what to do
- 今更そんな事をしても無意味だ ⇨ It is meaningless to do such thing at this point
- 師匠の意味深長な御言葉 ⇨ The master’s words with deep, complex, meaning
- 彼の発言には深い意味がある ⇨ His comment has a deep meaning
- この文はどちらの意味にも読める ⇨ This sentence can be read, understood, either way
- 自分の人生の意味を思わず考え込んでしまった ⇨ I couldn’t help but ponder what was the meaning of my life
- 無意味に争うのはもう終わりにしよう ⇨ Let’s stop fighting meaninglessly
- 彼は妙に意味深な言い方をした ⇨ He made a curiously ambiguous, insinuating, subtle, comment
- 多くの米国人は自由の意味を履き違えている ⇨ Many Americans misunderstand the meaning of freedom
- 似た意味の単語を連想して覚えるのは非常に効果的だ ⇨ It is very effective to learn similar words by associating them together
- 米国の会社内の肩書は余り意味が無い ⇨ Job titles in American companies don’t mean much
- 彼女は意味深に笑った ⇨ She laughed ambiguously, insinuatingly
- ある意味では彼はとても幸運だった ⇨ In a certain sense, way, he was very lucky