noun🔗Share小さな硬貨A small coin of the value of six-and-a-quarter cents; a fippenny bit.""Back then, a picayune could buy you a piece of candy at the corner store." "当時は、小さな硬貨で角の店でキャンディーを買うことができました。valueeconomyfinancebusinesshistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share5セント硬貨A five-cent piece."My grandfather always called a nickel a "picayune." "祖父はいつも5セント硬貨のことを「5セント硬貨」と呼んでいました。valueeconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share些細なもの, つまらないものSomething of very little value; a trifle."The lost button was a picayune; it didn't matter since I had a spare. "失くしたボタンは些細なものでした。予備があったので問題ありませんでした。valuethingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share些細な問題、取るに足らないことAn argument, fact, corner case, or other issue raised (often intentionally) that distracts from a larger issue at hand or fails to make any difference."The teacher dismissed the students' picayune argument about the color of the classroom walls, focusing instead on the more important matter of finishing the unit on fractions. "教師は、生徒たちの教室の壁の色に関する些細な議論を無視し、代わりに分数の単元を終えるというより重要な問題に焦点を当てました。communicationattitudepointlogiclanguagewordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Shareつまらない, ささいな, 重要でないPetty, trivial; of little consequence; small and of little importance."Their argument was over such a picayune detail – whether the blue or green pen was used to sign the card – that I couldn't believe they were actually fighting. "彼らの言い争いは、青いペンと緑のペンのどちらでカードにサインしたかという、つまらない詳細についてで、彼らが本当に喧嘩しているとは信じられなかった。attitudevaluecharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Shareつまらない, けちSmall-minded; childishly spiteful, tending to go on about unimportant things."The employee's picayune complaints about the office coffee machine distracted the team from important project deadlines. "従業員の、オフィスのコーヒーメーカーに関するつまらない苦情は、チームを重要なプロジェクトの締め切りから気をそらした。characterattitudemindnegativeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
