► 名詞
粗 [(2)あら] [粗を探す] meaning: fault rank: 3
☆ 彼女は他人の粗を探すのが好きだ ⇨ She likes to find fault with others
► 接頭辞
粗 [(2)あら] meaning: rough rank: 3
☆ 先ず表面に粗磨きをかけた ⇨ First I rough-polished the surface
More examples:
- 御粗末様でした ⇨ I apologize for my poor performance
- 粗末な物ですがお受取り下さい ⇨ Please accept this even though it is worth nothing
- 他人の粗探しをするのは止めろ ⇨ Stop nit-picking, finding fault with others
- 粗品を御受け取り下さい ⇨ Please accept our token of gratitude
- 子犬が粗相した ⇨ A puppy peed where it shouldn’t
- 粗悪な食料品 ⇨ Low-quality food stuff
- 彼等は御粗末な守備で逆転を許した ⇨ They allowed a comeback win with very poor defense
- 粗く挽いたコーヒー豆 ⇨ Coarsely ground coffee beans
- 粗雑な作り方の品物 ⇨ A carelessly-made product
- きめの細かい肌、粗い肌 ⇨ Skin with very fine texture, rough texture
- 彼は仕事が粗い ⇨ His work is rough, sloppy
- 政府は相手に譲歩しただけとは、何とも御粗末な話だ ⇨ It is pathetic that our government only gave up without gaining anything
- 食べ物を粗末にするな ⇨ Don’t waste food
- きめが粗い肌 ⇨ Skin with a coarse texture
- 彼は一人暮らしで粗食している ⇨ He lives alone and eats bad