► 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?
- 多くの米国人は自由の意味を履き違えている ⇨ Many Americans misunderstand the meaning of freedom
- 私は単語の意味をインターネットで調べた ⇨ I looked up the meaning of a word on Internet
- 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
- どういう意味か良く分からない ⇨ I don’t really understand what it means
- 自由のない社会で生きる意味はない ⇨ There is no point in living in society where there is no freedom
- 彼の発言には深い意味がある ⇨ His comment has a deep meaning
- 師匠の意味深長な御言葉 ⇨ The master’s words with deep, complex, 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
- ただふとそう思っただけで、深い意味は無いよ ⇨ I just thought so, it just popped in my mind, and I didn’t mean anything significant
- それどういう意味? ⇨ What does that supposed to mean?
- 彼のやっていることは自己満足のためだけで、実際は何の意味も無い ⇨ What he is doing is utterly pointless, other than satisfying his own vanity
- そういう意味で言ったんじゃない ⇨ I didn’t say that in that sense. That’s not what I meant
- 「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
- 正義を振りかざす人に限って正義の意味を履き違えている ⇨ Many those who claim they are with justice misunderstand what justice is