► 成句
奇 [き] [奇を衒う] meaning: show off rank: 3
☆ 彼は奇を衒った所が全く無い ⇨ He never does any theatrics to get attention. He has zero pretension, affectation (☛ Do something unusual to show off one’s abilities, or attract attention)
More examples:
- あの人は稀に見る奇特な人だ ⇨ He is a noble person you rarely see
- 彼は奇しくも彼の父親と同じ日に死んだ ⇨ By a strange coincidence he died on the same day his father had died
- 彼等は奇抜な作戦で相手に揺さぶりをかけた ⇨ They tried to fluster the opponent by using an unusual tactic
- 彼の人生は数奇な運命を辿った ⇨ His life followed a strange, unimaginable, destiny
- 彼等は敵の奇襲で大損害を受けた ⇨ They suffered a heavy loss by the surprise attack of the enemy
- 人は彼の障害を好奇の目で見るだけだった ⇨ People only rubbernecked at his disability
- 好奇心旺盛な子供 ⇨ A child full of curiosity
- 子供の好奇心に満ちた目 ⇨ Eyes of kids filled with curiosity
- 奇跡は起こらなかった ⇨ A miracle didn’t happen
- 彼は不治の病から奇跡的な生還を果たした ⇨ He miraculously came back from an incurable disease
- 彼女は事故で奇跡的に無傷だった ⇨ She was miraculously unharmed in the accident
- 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「奇跡を呼ぶ男」と呼ばれている ⇨ He is called “a man who brings about a miracle”
- 彼は奇人だが悪い人ではない ⇨ He is an eccentric but not a bad person
- 奇才画家サルバドール・ダリ ⇨ A mercurial genius painter Salvador Dali