► 名詞
安 [やす] meaning: cheap rank: 2
☆ 株価は百円安で引けた ⇨ The stock price ended down ¥100
► 接頭辞
安 [やす] meaning: cheap rank: 2
☆ あそこは安ホテルの割に良かった ⇨ That was a cheap hotel but not bad at all
☆ この手の仕事はきついのに安月給だ ⇨ This kind of job is hard but salaries are cheap
More examples:
- それは特別安くもないが高くもない ⇨ That is not particularly cheap, but not expensive either
- 安物はすぐ壊れるから結局損をする ⇨ Cheap stuff will break easily so you end up losing money
- 軽自動車は税金が安い ⇨ Light-weight vehicles are taxed less
- 国連の安全保障理事会には第二次大戦の勝国が未だに常任されている ⇨ The winners of WW2 are still the permanent members of the UN security council
- 治安維持の名の下での少数民族の弾圧 ⇨ An oppression of minorities under the name of maintaining the national security
- この車を修理するより新しいのを買ったほうが安上がりだ ⇨ It costs less to buy a new car than fixing this one
- この車は高速でも安定感が有る ⇨ This car has a stable feel even at high speed
- 皆無事だと聞いて安堵した ⇨ I was relieved to hear everybody was OK
- 安楽死 ⇨ Euthanasia
- 状況がよく分からず、余計に不安が募った ⇨ I couldn’t tell what was really going on, and that increased my anxiety
- その安全基準は甘過ぎる ⇨ That safety standard is too lax
- 天候が不安定で予定が立てられない ⇨ I can’t make plans because the weather is unpredictable
- 彼の安否が案じられる ⇨ There is a concern for his safety
- こんな安物にそんな大金を払うなんてバカらしい ⇨ It is ludicrous to pay that much money for cheap crap like this
- 私達はそう安安とは引き下がらない ⇨ We won’t back down that easily