► 成句
腕 [(2)うで] [腕を振るう] meaning: perform rank: 3
☆ 彼は社長として腕を振るった ⇨ He swung his arm, successfully managed the company, as a CEO (☛ Literally means “swing an arm”. Depicts the way deftly handling things with hands, or directing people like a conductor)
► 名詞
腕 [(2)うで] meaning: arm rank: 1
☆ 彼は腕の骨を折った ⇨ He broke his arm (bone)
腕 [(2)うで] [coll] meaning: skill rank: 1
☆ 彼女は料理の腕に自信が有る ⇨ She has confidence in her cooking skills
腕 [(2)うで] [腕が上がる] [coll] meaning: skill rank: 1
☆ ピアノを毎日練習していたら大分腕が上がった ⇨ I practice the piano everyday and my skills have improved quite a lot
腕 [(2)うで] [腕が立つ] [coll] meaning: skill rank: 1
☆ 彼女は料理の腕が立つ ⇨ She’s very good at cooking
腕 [(2)うで] [腕が落ちる] [coll] meaning: skill rank: 1
☆ テニスを数年しなかったら腕が落ちた ⇨ I haven’t played tennis for some years and I’ve lost my skills
腕 [(2)うで] [腕を上げる] [coll] meaning: skill rank: 1
☆ 彼は毎日練習して腕を上げた ⇨ He practiced everyday and improved his skills
More examples:
- 彼は毎日腕立て伏せをする ⇨ He does pushups every day
- 彼は彼女の腕を掴んだ ⇨ He grabbed her arm
- 敏腕社長が会社を再建した ⇨ The competent CEO rebuilt the company
- 彼は腕が立つ ⇨ He has good skills, is competent
- うちの息子は大変な腕白だ ⇨ My son is very naughty
- 彼は私の腕をぐいっと引っ張った ⇨ He tugged at my arm
- 工作機械の腕が車体をガチッと掴んだ ⇨ The arm of the machine tool grabbed the chassis firmly
- 彼にとっては腕立て伏せ200回は軽い ⇨ 200 pushups are no big deal for him
- 怪我で練習出来ないうちに腕がすっかり鈍ってしまった ⇨ I’ve gotten completely rusty while I wasn’t able to practice because of an injury
- 腕が痺れた ⇨ My arm has gone numb
- 利き腕はどちらですか？ ⇨ Which is your dominant hand?
- 君のギターの腕は随分上達したね ⇨ Your guitar playing has gotten considerably better
- 人間の腕と鳥の翼は相同する ⇨ Human arms and bird wings are homologous
- 腕立て伏せ100回は楽勝だ ⇨ 100 pushups are a piece of cake for me
- 彼の腕は段々上達している ⇨ His skills are gradually improving