► 副助詞
等 [(1)など] [liter] meaning: and so on rank: 1
☆ この週末は家の掃除等をした ⇨ This weekend I cleaned up my house among other things
☆ 彼は頭が痛い等と言って仕事をしない ⇨ He doesn’t work saying he has a headache or whatever
等 [(1)など] [liter] meaning: example rank: 1
☆ バロック音楽の作曲家の代表としてバッハ、ヘンデル等が挙げられる ⇨ The key composers of Baroque music include Bach, Handel and so on
等 [(1)など] [liter] meaning: dismissal rank: 2
☆ お前の助けなど必要無い ⇨ I don’t need your help
☆ そんな事などどうでもいい ⇨ I can’t care less about such things
☆ 全てを三日で完了する事など到底不可能だ ⇨ It is absolutely impossible to complete everything in 3 days
☆ 心配などしていない ⇨ I’m not worried at all
等 [(1)など] [liter] meaning: how about rank: 2
☆ ワイン等如何でしょう？ ⇨ Would you like something like wine? How about some wine?
► 接尾辞
等 [ら] [coll] meaning: plural rank: 2
☆ あいつ等何やってんだ？ ⇨ What the hell are they doing? (☛ Human plural suffix)
☆ 我等は地球の住民だ ⇨ We are inhabitants of Earth (☛ Human plural suffix)
等 [(1)とう] meaning: position rank: 3
☆ 彼は競走で一等になった ⇨ He finished first in the race
☆ 私はくじで三等に当たった ⇨ I won the third prize in the raffle (☛ Prizes are always 等)
More examples:
- 彼等は結束が固い ⇨ Their solidarity is very strong
- 彼等は外国人を排斥しようとしている ⇨ They are trying to exclude, drive out, foreigners
- 彼等は会社の接待費を使って飲んでいた ⇨ They were drinking using the customer entertainment money of the company
- 彼等は予選を楽々と突破した ⇨ They cruised through the qualifying
- 彼等は敵の軍を簡単に蹴散らした ⇨ They easily kicked around, defeated, the enemy troops
- 彼等は思い切った作戦を使った ⇨ They employed a daring strategy
- 彼等は道路工事の前に測量している ⇨ They’are surveying the terrain before a road construction
- 彼等は濃厚なセックスをした ⇨ They had a slow intense sex
- 彼等のやり取りを聞いていると笑える ⇨ Listening to their exchanges made me laugh
- 彼等は先発商品に追い付こうとしている ⇨ They are trying to catch up with the product released earlier than theirs
- 彼等は世界中のビールを取り揃えている ⇨ They have, carry, many different beers from all over the world
- 彼等は軍隊を撤退させる見返りを要求した ⇨ They demanded a return for their withdrawing their military
- 彼等は首位に返り咲いた ⇨ They returned to the top spot in the standing
- 彼等は全ての部品を自製している ⇨ They produce all the parts themselves
- 彼等に三つ子が生まれた ⇨ Triplets were born to them