► 成句
輪 [わ] [輪を掛ける] meaning: increase rank: 4
☆ 彼は年をとって短気が輪をかけてひどくなった ⇨ His short-temperedness has gotten even worse as he has gotten older (☛ Literally means “put a ring over”. Something to increase in size, intensity, etc. one more notch)
► 名詞
輪 [わ] meaning: circle rank: 2
☆ 友情の輪を広げよう ⇨ Let’s spread the circle, network, of friendship
☆ 皆、輪になって！ ⇨ Everybody, form a circle!
☆ 輪ゴム ⇨ A (circular) rubber band
輪 [わ] meaning: ring rank: 2
☆ 土星の輪 ⇨ The rings of Saturn
More examples:
- 繊細な細工の指輪 ⇨ A ring with delicate engravings
- 彼女は小指に指輪をしている ⇨ She is wearing a ring on her pinky
- 長年の苦労の後、大輪の花が咲いた ⇨ After years of struggle, a big flower has bloomed, a big success has been achieved
- 片側の車輪が溝に落ちた ⇨ The wheel on one side fell to a ditch
- 顔の輪郭 ⇨ A facial outline
- 母からもらった宝物の指輪 ⇨ My prize possession ring my mother gave me
- 自転車の後輪がずるっと滑った ⇨ The rear tyre of my bicycle slid
- 私はこの指輪に特別な思い入れがある ⇨ I have a special feeling, attachment, to this ring
- 彼女は複数の男達に輪姦された ⇨ She was gangraped by multiple men
- 彼は団扇で七輪を煽った ⇨ He fanned the grill with a hand fan
- 彼とはもう金輪際関わりたくない ⇨ I would never ever want to deal with him again
- 日本で競輪は合法賭博の一つだ ⇨ Bicycle racing is one of the legal gamblings in Japan
- 彼女を輪姦した獣達 ⇨ The animals who gangraped her
- 四輪駆動車 ⇨ A 4-wheel-drive car
- ドライブシャフトがエンジンの出力を後輪軸に伝える ⇨ The drive shaft transfers the power from the engine to the rear axle