► 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:
- 弾丸が腕をかすめた ⇨ A bullet scraped his arm
- 彼にとっては腕立て伏せ200回は軽い ⇨ 200 pushups are no big deal for him
- 彼のゴルフの腕はメキメキ上達した ⇨ His golfing skills have improved significantly
- 右腕と左腕を交互に上げる ⇨ Raise your right and left arm alternately
- 彼は腕組みをしたまま何も言わずに見ている ⇨ He is just watching, without saying a word, with arms crossed
- 彼は毎日峠を走って腕を磨いた ⇨ He has driven mountain roads every day to improve his driving skills
- 腕時計 ⇨ A wrist watch
- 彼は私の腕をぐいっと引っ張った ⇨ He tugged at my arm
- 彼は腕相撲が強い ⇨ He’s good at arm wrestling
- 彼は剛腕社長で有名だ ⇨ He’s famous as an aggressive, ruthless and successful CEO
- 彼は毎日腕立て伏せをする ⇨ He does pushups every day
- 利き腕はどちらですか？ ⇨ Which is your dominant hand?
- そんなに負けて悔しかったら頑張って腕を上げろ ⇨ If losing annoys you that much, then work hard and improve your skills
- 彼女は彼の腕を振り払った ⇨ She shook off his arm
- 彼のゴルフの腕前はプロ並みだ ⇨ His golfing skills are at pro level