► 接頭辞
当 [(1)とう] meaning: very rank: 2
☆ 当計画は年内に完了の予定です ⇨ This project is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year
☆ これが当社の新製品です ⇨ This is the new product of this very company (= our company) (☛ Something in question)
More examples:
- 自分の胸に手を当てて考えてみろ ⇨ Put your hand on your own heart and think. Reflect on yourself and admit your own fault
- 彼は当てもなく街をさまよった ⇨ He wandered about the town, no place to go
- 吸血鬼は日光に当たると燃えてしまう ⇨ Vampires will burn when exposed to sunlight
- 本当の真実を洞察する力 ⇨ The ability to recognize the real truth
- その言い方は御客様には失礼に当たる ⇨ That expression will be rude toward customers
- 現在のうちの社員にはこの要項に該当する者がいない ⇨ None of our current employees meet these requirements
- 本当の知識はただ本で読んだだけでは身に付かない ⇨ You don’t acquire real knowledge by just reading in books
- 当時の一万円は現在の百万円に相当する ⇨ ¥10k then is equivalent of ¥1mil today
- 昔は皆タバコを吸うのが当たり前だった ⇨ In the past it was normal for anybody to smoke
- 彼は公定歩合の当面据え置く意向を示した ⇨ He expressed his intention to maintain the current prime rate for now
- 彼は不当に解雇されたとして会社を訴えた ⇨ He sued the company for wrongful termination
- 彼は日の当たらない人生を生きて来た ⇨ He has lived a life that direct sunlight doesn’t shine on
- 本当かよ？ ⇨ Really? You gotta be kidding me, right?
- 使用に当たっては十分注意のこと ⇨ Be very careful when you use it
- あの二人の仲の良さには当てられる ⇨ Their public showing of intimacy makes me blush