► 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:
- 顔の輪郭 ⇨ A facial outline
- 私は母のくれた指輪をいつもしている ⇨ I always wear the ring my mother gave me
- 母にもらった指輪 ⇨ The ring given to me by my mom. The ring my mom gave me
- 母の忘れ形見の指輪 ⇨ A keepsake ring my late mother gave me
- 日本で競輪は合法賭博の一つだ ⇨ Bicycle racing is one of the legal gamblings in Japan
- 彼女は結婚指輪をしている ⇨ She is wearing a wedding ring
- 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
- 彼女は指にはめたダイヤの指輪を見つめてうっとりしていた ⇨ She was looking at the diamond ring on her finger with dreamy eyes
- 輪ゴムを引っ張ったら切れてしまった ⇨ I pulled the rubber band and it broke
- 内輪の冗談 ⇨ An inside joke
- 片側の車輪が溝に落ちた ⇨ The wheel on one side fell to a ditch
- 犬の首輪 ⇨ Dog collars
- 車輪は丸だ ⇨ A wheel is a circle
- 彼女は玉ねぎを輪切りにした ⇨ She sliced an onion (into many rings)
- 彼女は薬指に指輪をしている ⇨ She’s wearing a ring on her ring finger