► 副助詞
等 [(1)など] [liter] meaning: and so on rank: 1
☆ この週末は家の掃除等をした ⇨ This weekend I cleaned up my house among other things
☆ 彼は頭が痛い等と言って仕事をしない ⇨ He doesn’t work saying he has a headache or whatever
等 [(1)など] [liter] meaning: example rank: 1
☆ バロック音楽の作曲家の代表としてバッハ、ヘンデル等が挙げられる ⇨ The key composers of Baroque music include Bach, Handel and so on
等 [(1)など] [liter] meaning: dismissal rank: 2
☆ お前の助けなど必要無い ⇨ I don’t need your help
☆ そんな事などどうでもいい ⇨ I can’t care less about such things
☆ 全てを三日で完了する事など到底不可能だ ⇨ It is absolutely impossible to complete everything in 3 days
☆ 心配などしていない ⇨ I’m not worried at all
等 [(1)など] [liter] meaning: how about rank: 2
☆ ワイン等如何でしょう？ ⇨ Would you like something like wine? How about some wine?
► 接尾辞
等 [ら] [coll] meaning: plural rank: 2
☆ あいつ等何やってんだ？ ⇨ What the hell are they doing? (☛ Human plural suffix)
☆ 我等は地球の住民だ ⇨ We are inhabitants of Earth (☛ Human plural suffix)
等 [(1)とう] meaning: position rank: 3
☆ 彼は競走で一等になった ⇨ He finished first in the race
☆ 私はくじで三等に当たった ⇨ I won the third prize in the raffle (☛ Prizes are always 等)
More examples:
- 彼等の製品は私達の製品に酷似している ⇨ Their product suspiciously similar to our product
- 彼等は娘を有名な私立学校に行かせている ⇨ They have their daughter go to a famous private school
- 彼等は以心伝心の関係だ ⇨ They have a telepathic relationship. They understand each other without talking
- 彼等は固定観念に囚われている ⇨ They are prisoners of fixed ideas
- 彼等は捕虜を皆殺しにした ⇨ They killed all of the POW’s
- 彼等は無理難題をふっかけてきた ⇨ They have made impossible demands
- 彼等はボーイング787を二十機購入した ⇨ They bought 20 Boeing 787’s
- 秘密警察は彼等の会話を盗聴していた ⇨ The secret police was listening in on their conversation
- 彼等は狭い家で毎日鼻を突き合わせて生活している ⇨ They live in a small house while touching their noses, facing each other, everyday
- 彼等は数年を掛けて新技術を開発した ⇨ They spent a couple of years developing the new technology
- 彼等はリゾートホテルで挙式した ⇨ They had a wedding at a resort hotel
- 彼等は汗にまみれて働いている ⇨ They are working covered in sweat
- 彼等は逃げる敵を追撃した ⇨ They chased and further attacked the retreating enemy
- 彼等は試合開始30秒後に得点した ⇨ They scored 30 seconds after the game began
- 彼等は契約を解除した ⇨ They canceled the contract