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  [じ]    meaning:  letter  rank: 1
☆ アルファベット使う欧米で字がめないがいるというのは不思議だ ⇨ It is somewhat strange that there are illiterate people in the US and Europe where alphabets are used
☆ の字は汚すぎてめない ⇨ His letters are, handwriting is, so bad and cannot be read
☆ 名前彼女名前も「ともこ」だが字が違う ⇨ My name and her name are both “Tomoko” but with different Kanji letters


More examples:
  • 「ぶっ殺すぞ」は日本語では一般的表現だが、勿論文字通りの意味ではない ⇨ “I will kill you brutally” is a common expression in Japanese, even though obviously nobody means it literally
  • 文字がかすれていて読み取れない ⇨ The letters are rubbed off and cannot be read
  • えて字がけない ⇨ My hand shakes and I can’t write
  • 絵文字の入っ文章 ⇨ A text with emojis
  • この字は1か7か判別かない ⇨ You cannot tell if this character is 1 or 7
  • 会社は10億の赤字を計上した ⇨ The company recorded a loss of ¥1 billion
  • 立体映像で文字が浮き出たようにえる ⇨ Letters look like popping out in the 3D video
  • オリンピック連勝の金字塔を打ち立てた ⇨ He’s build a pyramid, achieved an incredible four consecutive Olympic gold medals
  • 字がぎて読み辛い ⇨ The letters are too small and hard to read
  • は数字をめた ⇨ He rounded the numbers
  • あなたの名字はですか? ⇨ What is your family name?
  • 会社は赤字経営をしている ⇨ The company is losing money
  • 会社大幅な黒字を記録した ⇨ The company recorded a large profit
  • て小文字でかれている ⇨ The entire sentence is written in lower case
  • 象形文字 ⇨ Hieroglyphs