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/ˈnɒnsəns/ /ˈnɑnsɛns/

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noun

ナンセンス, 無意味な言葉

Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.

Examples :

"After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense."

父が脳卒中になった後、話そうとするといつもナンセンスに聞こえました。

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noun

ナンセンス, でたらめ

An untrue statement.

Examples :

"My neighbor's claim that the dog ate his homework is complete nonsense. "

隣人が犬が宿題を食べたという主張は、全くのナンセンスだ。

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noun

ナンセンス, 無意味なこと

That which is silly, illogical and lacks any meaning, reason or value; that which does not make sense.

Examples :

"My uncle's explanation about why the washing machine was broken was complete nonsense; it didn't explain anything and made no sense at all. "

おじさんの洗濯機が壊れた理由の説明は、全くのナンセンスだった。何も説明していなくて、全く意味をなさなかった。

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noun

ナンセンス, ばかげたこと

Something foolish.

Examples :

"What he said about cats talking was complete nonsense. "

彼が猫が話すことについて言ったことは、全くばかげたことだった。

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noun

ナンセンス、たわごと

A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.

Examples :

"The teacher read a piece of nonsense poetry to the class, full of unusual animals and strange rhyming patterns. "

先生は、奇妙な動物や奇妙な韻律パターンに満ちた、ナンセンス詩をクラスで読みました。

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noun

ナンセンスなDNA配列

A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.

Examples :

"The genetic test revealed that the child's inability to process a certain enzyme was due to nonsense in a critical gene. "

遺伝子検査により、子供が特定の酵素を処理できないのは、重要な遺伝子内のナンセンスなDNA配列が原因であることが明らかになった。

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verb

無意味にする, ばかげたことを言う

To make nonsense of;

Examples :

"The new employee's instructions completely nonsensed the entire project schedule. "

新入社員の指示は、プロジェクト全体のスケジュールを無意味にした。

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verb

ナンセンスとして扱う, 無視する, 軽視する

To attempt to dismiss as nonsense; to ignore or belittle the significance of something; to render unimportant or puny.

Examples :

"The manager tried to nonsense the employee's concerns about low pay, claiming they were just complaining. "

マネージャーは、従業員の低賃金に関する懸念をナンセンスとして扱い、彼らはただ文句を言っているだけだと主張した。

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verb

冗談を言う, ふざける

To joke around, to waste time

Examples :

""The students were supposed to be working on their project, but instead they were just nonsensing and drawing silly pictures." "

生徒たちはプロジェクトに取り組むことになっていたが、代わりに冗談を言って、ばかげた絵を描いていた。

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adjective

ナンセンスな

Resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).

Examples :

"The nonsense mutation in the gene caused the protein to be much shorter than normal. "

遺伝子内のナンセンス変異は、タンパク質が通常よりもずっと短くなる原因となった。

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adjective

ナンセンスな, ばかげた

Examples :

"The student's answer on the test was completely nonsensical and didn't relate to the question at all. "

テストでの生徒の答えは完全にナンセンスで、質問とは全く関係がなかった。

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interjection

ばかげたこと, でたらめ

An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with.

Examples :

""Nonsense!" exclaimed Maria, shaking her head. "You can't possibly expect me to finish this report by tonight." "

「ばかげてる！」マリアは首を振りながら叫んだ。「今夜までにこのレポートを終わらせてほしいなんて、ありえないわ。」

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