► 接尾辞
片 [へん] meaning: piece rank: 4
☆ プラスチック片 ⇨ A fragment of plastic
► 接頭辞
片 [かた] meaning: one rank: 2
☆ 彼は片耳が聴こえない ⇨ He cannot hear in one ear (☛ One of a pair)
☆ 彼は片親に育てられた ⇨ He was raised by a single-parent (☛ One of a pair)
More examples:
- 片手じゃなくて両手で掴め ⇨ Hold it with both hands, not just with one hand
- 片っぽがヘッドライトが切れてしまった ⇨ One of the headlights burned out
- やくざの片割れ ⇨ A member of yakuza
- 雑用をさっさと片付けて遊びに行きたい ⇨ I want to get the chores done quickly and go out and have some fun
- 子供が全員片付いた ⇨ We’ve finished raising our kids. They are all grown and on their own now
- 子供に遊んだ後の片付けをさせるべきだ ⇨ You should have the kids clean up the clutter after playing
- 早いところ片付けよう ⇨ Let’s get it over with as soon as we can
- 先ずはこの案件から片付けよう ⇨ Let’s take care of this issue first
- 木片を穴にはめ込む玩具 ⇨ A toy that you fit wood blocks into slots
- 彼は一片の良心も無い ⇨ He doesn’t have even a sliver of conscience
- 一日中会議して何の仕事も片付かない ⇨ Have meetings all day and no work is getting done
- やっと部屋が片付いた ⇨ Finally the room got organized
- 外国の名前は片仮名で表記される ⇨ Foreign names are written in katakanas
- 彼は才能の片鱗を見せた ⇨ He flashed a little bit of, glimpse, of his potential
- 週末に部屋を片付けた ⇨ I cleaned up my room during the weekend