► 成句
腕 [(2)うで] [腕を振るう] meaning: perform rank: 3
☆ 彼は社長として腕を振るった ⇨ He swung his arm, successfully managed the company, as a CEO (☛ Literally means “swing an arm”. Depicts the way deftly handling things with hands, or directing people like a conductor)
► 名詞
腕 [(2)うで] meaning: arm rank: 1
☆ 彼は腕の骨を折った ⇨ He broke his arm (bone)
腕 [(2)うで] [coll] meaning: skill rank: 1
☆ 彼女は料理の腕に自信が有る ⇨ She has confidence in her cooking skills
腕 [(2)うで] [腕が上がる] [coll] meaning: skill rank: 1
☆ ピアノを毎日練習していたら大分腕が上がった ⇨ I practice the piano everyday and my skills have improved quite a lot
腕 [(2)うで] [腕が立つ] [coll] meaning: skill rank: 1
☆ 彼女は料理の腕が立つ ⇨ She’s very good at cooking
腕 [(2)うで] [腕が落ちる] [coll] meaning: skill rank: 1
☆ テニスを数年しなかったら腕が落ちた ⇨ I haven’t played tennis for some years and I’ve lost my skills
腕 [(2)うで] [腕を上げる] [coll] meaning: skill rank: 1
☆ 彼は毎日練習して腕を上げた ⇨ He practiced everyday and improved his skills
More examples:
- ブルース・リーは親指だけで腕立て伏せをした ⇨ Bruce Lee did push ups only with thumbs
- 彼は自分の腕を試したくてうずうずしている ⇨ He is raring to test his arm, his true ability (against the best)
- 彼は会社再建の手腕を買われて社長として雇われた ⇨ He was hired as the CEO for his highly-rated ability to rebuild companies
- 人間の腕と鳥の翼は相同する ⇨ Human arms and bird wings are homologous
- 彼は腕が立つ ⇨ He has good skills, is competent
- そんなに負けて悔しかったら頑張って腕を上げろ ⇨ If losing annoys you that much, then work hard and improve your skills
- 利き腕はどちらですか？ ⇨ Which is your dominant hand?
- 腕利きの料理人 ⇨ A skilled, ace, chef
- 腕立て伏せ百回は余裕だ ⇨ 100 pushups are easy for me
- 爆発で彼の腕がちぎれ飛んだ ⇨ His arm was torn off by the explosion
- 彼は腕力には自信がある ⇨ He has confidence in his arm strength
- 彼女の料理の腕はプロも顔負けだ ⇨ Her cooking skills (are so good they) can embarrass pro chefs
- 腕立て伏せ100回は楽勝だ ⇨ 100 pushups are a piece of cake for me
- 彼は腕をぐるぐる回した ⇨ He swung his arm around
- 彼はゴルフがちょっとした腕前だ ⇨ He’s pretty good at golf