► 形容詞
面白い [(4)おもしろい] [面白くない] [coll] meaning: happy not rank: 1
☆ 彼は弟のほうが成功しているのが面白くない ⇨ He’s not happy that his brother is more successful than him (☛ Always used in negative sentences)
面白い [(4)おもしろい] meaning: interesting rank: 1
☆ この小説は面白い ⇨ This novel is interesting, a good read
☆ 最近仕事が面白い ⇨ Nowadays I’m enjoying my work
☆ 彼は面白い人だ ⇨ He’s an interesting person
More examples:
- この映画は何回見ても面白い ⇨ This movie is fun no matter how many times you watch
- 面白い事に二人は同じ日に生まれた ⇨ The interesting thing is, they were born on the same day
- このドラマはなかなか面白い ⇨ This drama is pretty interesting
- 数学がこれ程面白いとは思わなかった ⇨ I didn’t expect mathematics to be this interesting
- このゲームは病みつきになる程面白い ⇨ This game is so fun that it is addictive
- この映画の話は面白いが、演技が余り良くない ⇨ The story of the movie is interesting, but the actings are not very good
- このゲームはやばいくらい面白い ⇨ This game is dangerously fun (and addictive)
- この本はバカ売れしているだけあって確かに面白い ⇨ This book is selling like crazy and is indeed interesting
- 面白い豆知識 ⇨ Interesting trivias