かくべつな【格別な(に)】
particular(ly); especial(ly); exceptional(ly)今朝の寒さは格別だIt is especially [exceptionally] cold this...
掛け合い
I〔互いに掛けること〕 ⇒かけあう(掛け合う)II1〔談判〕negotiations彼らとの掛け合いに失敗したWe failed in our negotiations with them.2〔...
堅苦しい
〔儀式張った〕formal, ceremonious;〔ぎこちない〕stiff;〔厳格すぎる〕strict堅苦しいことはぬきにしてwithout any formalityずいぶん堅苦しい人だH...
片言
prattle子供が片言を言っているThe child is babbling [prattling].片言の英語を話すspeak broken [a smattering of] English
語る
I1〔話す〕talk ((about)),tell;〔物語る〕narrate彼は真相を語ったHe told the truth.彼は経験談を語ったHe related his experienc...
可成り
pretty, fairly, rather(▼fairlyは望ましいことに用いる);〔相当に〕considerablyこのパイはかなりおいしいThis pie tastes pretty [r...
上方
Kyoto and vicinity; the Kyoto-Osaka area上方のなまりで話すspeak with a Kansai accent
甲高い
〔高い調子の〕high-pitched;〔高くて鋭い〕shrill甲高い声で話すspeak in a high-pitched voice鳥が甲高い鳴き声を上げたA bird gave a sh...
簡明
簡明に話すspeak plainly and simply/say something simply and clearly彼の発言は簡明で要領を得ていたHis remarks were bri...
気不味い
embarrassing; uncomfortable気まずい思いをするfeel awkward [embarrassed]二人の仲が気まずくなったThe relationship betwee...