Results, one-upmanship

Showing results 1751-1775:

そのsono大臣daijinha気心の知れたkigokoronoshireta仲間nakamawo重要なjuuyouna地位chiiniつけましたtsukemashita
The minister appointed one of his cronies to a key position.
そのsonomurahaただtada一家族しかshika残っていなかったnokotteinakatta
In that village only one family remains.
そのsonomuraにはniha誰もdaremoいないinaiようyouだったdatta
It seemed that no one was in the village.
そのsono双子futagoha見分けられないなmiwakerarenaina
I can't tell one twin from the other.
そのsono双子futagohaよくyoku似ているniteiruのでnode一方ippouwo他方tahouto区別kubetsuするsurunohaほとんどhotondo不可能fukanouda
The twins look so much alike it's next to impossible to distinguish one from the other.
そのsono双子futagohaあまりにamariniよくyoku似ているniteiruのでnodewatashiha両者ryoushano区別kubetsuga出来ないdekinai
The twins are so much alike that I can not distinguish one from the other.
そのsono双子futagono一方ippouwo他方tahouto見分けるmiwakeruことができますkotogadekimasuka
Can you tell one of the twins from the other?
そのsono数年間ni次々とtsugitsugito王位ouiga継承keishouされたsareta
One king after another succeeded to the throne during those few years.
そのsono新聞shinbunno発行部数hakkoubusuuha競争kyousoushino三分の一三bunno一に過ぎないnisuginai
The circulation of the newspaper is only one-third that of its competitor.
hitono食習慣shokushuukanga100万nin以上ijouno死亡shibou原因gen'inniなっnateいるiruそうsouda
Diet accounts for more than one million deaths.
その場sonobaにはniha誰もdaremo居合わせなかったiawasenakatta
No one happened to be there.
その場sonobaniいたita紳士shinshino1人ga生徒seitoたちtachini話し掛けたhanashikaketa
One of the gentlemen who were present addressed the pupils.
そのsono少年shounenwo誉めないhomenaihitohaひとりhitorimoいなかったinakatta
There was no one that did not admire the boy.
そのsono少女shoujono先生senseiha誰一人としてdare一nintoshiteどうしてdoushite彼女のkanojono試験shikenno結果kekkaga悪かったwarukattanoka説明setsumeiできなかったdekinakatta
Not one of the girl's teachers could account for her poor examination results.
そのsono少女shoujoにはniha助言jogenwo求めるmotomeruべきbeki頼りになるtayorininaruhitoga一人moいなかったinakatta
The girl had no one to turn to for advice.
そのsono小包kozutsumihaomosagaポンドPONDOwo越えるkoeru
The parcel weighs more than one pound.
そのsono小包kozutsumihaポンドPONDOよりyori重いomoi
The parcel weighs more than one pound.
そのsono囚人shuujintachihaまるでmarude狂人kyoujinのようにnoyouni互いにtagaini争ったarasotta
The prisoners fought one another like so many mad people.
そのsono質問shitsumonha難しくてmuzukashikuteだれもdaremo答えられなかったkotaerarenakatta
So difficult was the question that no one could answer.
そのsono自転車jitenshawo修理shuuriしてshiteもらうmorauのにnoni1、000enかかったkakatta
It cost me one thousand yen to get the bicycle fixed.
そのsonotoki見たmita映画eigaha大変taihen面白いomoshiroiものmonoだったdatta
The picture I saw then was a most entertaining one.
そのsono時計tokei会社kaishaha年間nenkan100万ko以上ijouno新しいatarashii時計tokeiwo製造seizouするsuruto予測yosokusareteいるiru
It is predicted that the watch company will produce over one million new watches a year.
そのsono時計tokeihaこのkono時計tokeiほどhodo高くないtakakunai
That watch is less expensive than this one.
そのsono事実jijitsuwo知らないshiranaiものmonohaいないinai
There is no one but knows the fact.
そのsono事実jijitsuha誰にもdarenimo否定hitei出来ないdekinai
No one can deny the fact.

Words

ひとつhitotsuirr.

numeric:

  • one

noun:

  • for one thing - often used in itemized lists

adverbial noun:

  • just (e.g. "just try it")
いちばんichiban

noun / ~の noun:

  • number one; first; first place

adverb:

  • best; most

noun:

  • game; round; bout

adverb:

  • as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively 試しに

noun:

  • song (e.g. in noh); piece

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