► 動詞
意味 [(1)いみ] [意味する] [liter] meaning: mean rank: 2
☆ この気候の変化が何を意味しているのかは未だはっきりしない ⇨ It is still not clear what this change in climate really means
► 名詞
意味 [(1)いみ] meaning: meaning rank: 1
☆ この文章の意味が分からない ⇨ I don’t understand the meaning of this sentence
☆ どういう意味ですか？ ⇨ What do you mean? What are you driving at?
意味 [(1)いみ] [意味が有る] meaning: meaning rank: 1
☆ そんなことをして何の意味があるのか分からない ⇨ I don’t understand what is the meaning, point, of doing something like that
意味 [(1)いみ] [意味が無い] meaning: meaning rank: 1
☆ そんな事をしても意味がない ⇨ It is meaningless to do something like that
More examples:
- この単語の意味が分からない ⇨ I don’t understand the meaning of this word
- 彼女は意味深に笑った ⇨ She laughed ambiguously, insinuatingly
- 意味が理解出来ない ⇨ I don’t understand its meaning
- 今更そんな事をしても無意味だ ⇨ It is meaningless to do such thing at this point
- ある意味では彼はとても幸運だった ⇨ In a certain sense, way, he was very lucky
- 師匠の意味深長な御言葉 ⇨ The master’s words with deep, complex, meaning
- 日本では左翼とは自由進歩主義者ではなく、共産主義者を意味する ⇨ In Japan, left wing means communists, not liberals
- この文はどちらの意味にも読める ⇨ This sentence can be read, understood, either way
- 似た意味の単語を連想して覚えるのは非常に効果的だ ⇨ It is very effective to learn similar words by associating them together
- この絵に性的な意味は無い ⇨ This drawing has no sexual meaning
- それどういう意味？ ⇨ What does that supposed to mean?
- どういう意味か良く分からない ⇨ I don’t really understand what it means
- 「ぶっ殺すぞ」は日本語では一般的な表現だが、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
- こんな事をして何の意味が有るんだ？ ⇨ Is there any meaning in doing something like this? What’s the point?
- 彼は意味不明なことを口走っていた ⇨ He was mumbling some gibberish