► 成句
隅 [(1)すみ] [隅から隅まで] meaning: everywhere rank: 1
☆ 家中隅から隅まで探したが見つからない ⇨ I searched every corner, nook and cranny, of my house but I still can’t find it
隅 [(1)すみ] [隅に追いやる] meaning: marginalize rank: 3
☆ 彼は組織内で隅に追いやられた ⇨ He was marginalized in the organization
隅 [(1)すみ] [隅に置けない] meaning: good rank: 4
☆ 彼は意外に隅に置けない ⇨ He is sneaky good and you shouldn’t underestimate him (☛ Literally “leave at the corner”)
► 名詞
隅 [(1)すみ] meaning: corner rank: 1
☆ 彼女は荷物を部屋の隅に置いた ⇨ She put her stuff in the corner of the room
More examples:
- 彼は相続法を隅々まで知り尽くしてる ⇨ He knows every detail of inheritance laws
- 隅から隅まで探したが見つからなかった ⇨ I searched from one corner to the other, everywhere, but I couldn’t find it
- 家中隅々まで探したが見つからない ⇨ I searched every corner, nook and cranny, of my house but I still can’t find it
- その事はいつも心の片隅を離れなかった ⇨ It has never left the corner of my heart. I’ve never forgot about it
- 彼のシュートがゴールの隅に決まった ⇨ His shot went in the far corner of the goal
- 彼は隅に追いやられた ⇨ He was forced into a corner
- 彼女は部屋の隅っこに座っていた ⇨ She was sitting in the corner of the room
- 試験は重箱の隅をつつくような問題ばかりだった (じゅうばこのすみをつつく) ⇨ The exam was filled with questions that pick the corners of the lunchbox, about extremely trivial details