► 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:
- 80年代大人気だったスニーカーの復刻版が発売される ⇨ A reissue of the sneakers popular in the 80’s will be sold
 - 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
 - あの子は大人をもやりこめる ⇨ That kid wins arguments even with adults, makes them stumped
 - 普通の大人は数万の単語を知っている ⇨ Typical adults know several ten thousand headwords
 - 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
 - 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
 - この製品は大人気なのでどの店も割り引かない ⇨ This product is very popular so no store discounts
 - 子供達が馬鹿に大人しい ⇨ The kids are unusually quiet
 - 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
 - うちの娘はすごく大人しい ⇨ My daughter is very quiet, mellow, obedient
 - 大人の遊び場 ⇨ An adult playground
 - 若者の間では踊りが大人気だ ⇨ Dancing is very popular among young people
 - 大人しくしてなさい! ⇨ Stay quiet! Don’t make a ruckus
 - 彼女は今若い男の子に大人気だ (だいにんき) ⇨ She’s very popular among young boys now