► 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:
- 当時世間を騒がせた本 ⇨ A book that shocked the society at the time
- 別の医者に当たってみよう ⇨ Let’s ask another doctor for his opinion
- 本当の真実を洞察する力 ⇨ The ability to recognize the real truth
- 当方には現在その予定はありません ⇨ We don’t have that plan at the moment
- あの二人の仲の良さには当てられる ⇨ Their public showing of intimacy makes me blush
- 捜査当局の発表 ⇨ Statements from the police department investigating the case
- 今日は彼が皿洗いの当番だ ⇨ Today is his turn to do the dishes
- 彼は人の当たりが良い ⇨ He has a friendly attitude
- ボールが顔面にもろに当たった ⇨ The ball hit him right in the face
- 適当なこと言うんじゃねえ! ⇨ Don’t talk BS!
- 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
- とんと見当も付かない ⇨ I have absolutely no idea
- 四人家族に適当な大きさの家 ⇨ A house with a suitable size for a family of four
- この技術の実用化には未だ相当時間がかかる ⇨ It will still take some time to put this technology into practical use
- 彼が本当にやってのけるかどうか見物だ ⇨ It is a real spectacle to see, worth watching, he really gets it done