► 名詞
大人 [おとな] meaning: adult rank: 1
☆ 入場料は大人は一人千円だ ⇨ The admission for an adult is ¥1000
☆ 子供は皆早く大人になりたがる ⇨ All kids want to become adults quickly
More examples:
- 大人しくしてなさい！ ⇨ Stay quiet! Don’t make a ruckus
- 大人のおもちゃ ⇨ Adult toys
- そんな程度のことで怒るなんて大人気無いんじゃない？ ⇨ Isn’t it childish to get angry over something like that?
- 子供達が馬鹿に大人しい ⇨ The kids are unusually quiet
- うちの娘はすっかり大人っぽくなった ⇨ My daughter has fully grown into an adult
- 普通の大人は数万の単語を知っている ⇨ Typical adults know several ten thousand headwords
- 大人でも大変なのにまして子供に出来るわけがない ⇨ It is difficult for an adult. No question children cannot do it
- 彼女は大人しそうな顔をして大変な好き者らしい ⇨ I heard she really loves sex even though she looks very demure
- 若者の間では踊りが大人気だ ⇨ Dancing is very popular among young people
- うちの娘はもっと大人っぽい格好をしたがっている ⇨ My daughter wants to dress more maturely
- このまま大人しく引き下がる訳には行かない ⇨ I can’t just back down without fighting
- 彼は周りの大人に暖かく見守られて育った ⇨ He grew up looked after warmly by the adults around him
- うちの子供が最近大人びてきた ⇨ My kid has started to look like an adult lately
- 彼女は大人ぶっているが未だ子供だ ⇨ She is acting like an adult, but is still a kid
- 子供の好奇心を培うのは大人の責任だ ⇨ It is adults’ responsibility to grow children’s curiosity