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“玉”
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This soup tastes of onions.
このスープは玉ねぎの味がする。
Beads of sweat stood on his forehead.
彼の額に玉のような汗が出ていた。
Tears came into my eyes when I was chopping onions.
玉ねぎを切っていたら涙が出てきた。
The employees treat everything the company president says as a golden rule.
社員は皆社長の言を金科玉条としている。
I gave her some candy.
私は彼女にアメ玉を出してあげた。
His naked back and arms were beaded with sweat.
彼は裸の背中と腕に玉のような汗をかいていた。
A quick temper is the only defect in her character.
彼女は気が短いのが玉にきずだ。
I don't like the taste of onions.
私は玉ねぎの味が嫌いだ。
If you float a one yen coin on water and move a magnet slowly towards it then the coin will approach the magnet.
一円玉を水に浮かせ、そこに磁石をゆっくり近づけると、一円玉は磁石に近づく。
My father is as bald as a billiard ball.
私の父はビリヤードの玉のように頭がつるつるだ。
That's what we call an "otoshidama".
それはいわゆる「お年玉」でした。
Lady Otohime gave Urashima Taro a beautiful Tamate-box.
乙姫様は浦島太郎に美しい玉手箱をくれました。
When he openly declared he would marry Pablo, he almost gave his grandmother a heart attack and made his aunt's eyes burst out of their sockets; however, his little sister beamed with pride.
There's a king on a throne with his eyes torn out.
目玉をくり抜かれて王座についた王。
I want to eat a fried egg and croissant.
目玉焼きとクロワッサンが食べたいです。
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
艱難汝を玉にす。
Our love affair was as short-lived as a soap-bubble.
私たちの恋は、しゃぼん玉のようにはかなかった。
I come from Saitama.
私は埼玉の出身です。
My brother was the apple of my father's eye.
父は私の弟を掌中の玉のようにかわいがった。
In Korea, there's a popular theory that says that: "If you eat a quarter of an Iceberg lettuce, you will fall asleep". Thus, amongst truck drivers in Korea, lettuce is known as something that should not be eaten before work.
