絵取る
1〔彩る〕paint; color，《英》 colour2〔一度書いた上をなぞる〕give ((one's writing, one's calligraphy)) another stroke...
えにかいたもち【絵にかいた餅】
空飛ぶ自動車なんて絵にかいた餅だThe idea of a flying automobile is nothing but pie in the sky.
えになる【絵になる】
彼女の着物姿は絵になっていたDressed in a kimono, she made a lovely picture.
選り抜く
select; pick優秀な選手をえり抜いたThey 「picked out [selected/chose] the best players.
延延
会議は延々と６時間も続いたThe meeting 「went on and on [dragged on] for six long hours.
炎炎
炎々と燃え盛るburn furiously建物全体が炎々たる猛火に包まれていたThe whole building was ablaze [engulfed in flames].
縁起
1〔物事の起こり〕the origin；〔社寺などの由来〕the history ((of a temple))2〔前兆〕an omen縁起のよいauspicious縁起の悪いinauspici...
炎暑
intense heat炎暑の折からin this hot weather炎暑の中を１時間も歩いたWe walked for an hour in the withering [scorchin...
演じる
1〔劇・映画で，役を〕perform；〔ある場面を〕enact；〔劇などを〕put on, perform彼はハムレットを演じたHe played the part of Hamlet.彼女はチ...
遠慮
1〔先を考えること〕forethought; foresight彼は深謀遠慮の人だHe has a great deal of foresight.／He plans carefully for...
