► 代名詞
彼 [(1)かれ] [liter] meaning: he rank: 1
☆ 彼はサッカーの選手だ ⇨ He is a football player (☛ Not commonly used in conversation)
► 名詞
彼 [(1)かれ] [coll] meaning: love rank: 1
☆ 私の彼 ⇨ My boyfriend (☛ A boyfriend. Usually for young people)
More examples:
- 彼は気だけは若い ⇨ His heart is still young
- 彼等は建物を解体した ⇨ They dismantle the building
- 食堂は彼が一人で取り回している ⇨ He is managing the restaurant by himself
- 彼は周りの大人に暖かく見守られて育った ⇨ He grew up looked after warmly by the adults around him
- 彼は客に支払いを催促した ⇨ He asked the customer to make the payment
- 彼は我慢が足りない ⇨ He doesn’t have enough patience
- 彼女は時間を潰すために喫茶店に行った ⇨ She went to a coffee shop to kill time
- 彼は顔面に蹴りを喰らった ⇨ He got kicked right in the face
- 彼は初心を貫き通した ⇨ He has maintained his first ideas and goals throughout
- 彼の行為を見逃すわけにはいかない ⇨ We cannot tolerate his action
- 彼女の人生は波乱万丈だった ⇨ Her life was full of turmoil
- 彼女は権力者に強姦されて泣き寝入りするしかなかった ⇨ She was raped by a powerful man and there was nothing she could do but forget it
- 彼女は三人兄弟の末っ子だ ⇨ She is the youngest of three siblings
- 彼は酒を盃にとくとく注いだ ⇨ He poured sake in a cup with gluck-gluck
- 彼はどうしても自分の主張を曲げない ⇨ He refuses to bend, change, his opinion no matter what