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wall

/wɔːl/ /wɔl/

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noun

城壁, 防壁

A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.

Examples :

"The ancient city had a strong wall around it to protect its people from invaders. "

古代都市は、侵略者から人々を守るために、周囲に強固な城壁を持っていました。

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noun

壁, 城壁

A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.

Examples :

"The town wall was surrounded by a moat."

町の城壁は堀に囲まれていました。

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noun

壁

Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.

Examples :

"The classroom had tall walls that kept out the noise from the hallway. "

教室には、廊下からの騒音を遮る高い壁がありました。

architecture building structure property material essential

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noun

窮地、行き詰まり

A point of desperation.

Examples :

"Facing the looming deadline, the student felt the project had become a wall. "

差し迫った締め切りに直面し、学生はプロジェクトが行き詰まりになったと感じた。

attitude situation suffering mind essential

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noun

敗北、消滅

A point of defeat or extinction.

Examples :

"The team's poor performance in the final game was their wall, preventing them from winning the championship. "

決勝戦でのチームの不振は彼らの敗北であり、選手権での勝利を阻んだ。

outcome achievement essential

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noun

障害, 壁

An impediment to free movement.

Examples :

"A wall of police officers met the protesters before they reached the capitol steps."

抗議者たちが国会議事堂の階段にたどり着く前に、警察官の壁が彼らを待ち構えていた。

architecture building essential

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noun

ベニシジミ

A type of butterfly (Lasiommata megera).

Examples :

"The butterfly fluttering around the garden was a wall. "

庭を飛び回る蝶はベニシジミだった。

animal insect essential

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noun

壁

(often in combination) A barrier.

Examples :

"a seawall; a firewall"

防波堤；ファイアウォール

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noun

壁

A barrier to vision.

Examples :

"The tall wall blocked my view of the playground from my bedroom window. "

高い壁が、私の寝室の窓から遊び場を見るのを遮っていました。

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noun

壁

Something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall.

Examples :

"a wall of sound; a wall of water"

音の壁；水の壁

architecture building material structure essential

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noun

壁

A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity.

Examples :

"The thick wall of muscle in the stomach helps to contain food. "

胃の厚い筋肉の壁は食べ物を保持するのに役立ちます。

anatomy organ physiology essential

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noun

架空の入札者

(auction) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.

Examples :

"The auctioneer used a wall to drive up the price of the antique chair. "

競売人は、そのアンティークの椅子の価格を吊り上げるために、架空の入札者を利用した。

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できるだけ少ない患者の入院を試みる医者

A doctor who tries to admit as few patients as possible.

Examples :

"The doctor was known as a wall; he always tried to limit the number of patients he saw. "

その医者は壁として知られており、いつも診察する患者の数を制限しようとしていた。

medicine person essential

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noun

壁

A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.

Examples :

"The wall of defenders prevented the soccer player from scoring a goal. "

ディフェンダーの壁は、サッカー選手がゴールを決めるのを阻止した。

sport essential

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noun

ウォール, 掲示板

A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user.

Examples :

"My wall on the app shows reminders about my son's school events and my daughter's soccer practice. "

アプリのウォールには、息子の学校行事と娘のサッカーの練習のリマインダーが表示されます。

internet computing communication media essential

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verb

壁で囲む, 塀で囲う

To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.

Examples :

"He walled the study with books."

彼は書斎を本で囲った。

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verb

沸騰させる

Examples :

"The soup was boiling over, so I had to wall it down to prevent a mess. "

スープが沸騰していたので、私は混乱を防ぐために火を弱めて煮詰める必要があった。

food utensil process essential

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verb

湧き出る, 噴き出す

To well, as water; spring.

Examples :

"The spring in the park walls up clean water for the thirsty birds. "

公園の泉は、渇いた鳥のためにきれいな水を湧き出させる。

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泉, 湧き水

A spring of water.

Examples :

"The hikers were surprised to find a cool, fresh wall of water gushing from the mountainside. "

ハイカーたちは、山腹から湧き出る冷たくて新鮮な泉に驚いた。

geology nature geography essential

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noun

壁端結び

A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.

Examples :

"The climber tied a wall knot at the end of the rope before starting the ascent. "

登山者は、登攀を開始する前にロープの端に壁端結びをしました。

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verb

ロープの端に壁結びを作る

To make a wall knot on the end of (a rope).

Examples :

"Before tying the package, she walled the end of the rope securely. "

彼女は荷物を縛る前に、ロープの端に壁結びをしっかりと作りました。

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interjection

なるほど、そう

Used to acknowledge a statement or situation.

Examples :

""Wall! We need to talk about that project again." "

なるほど！あのプロジェクトについてまた話さないといけないね。

communication language word exclamation essential

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interjection

うわあ！

An exclamation of surprise (often doubled or tripled).

Examples :

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?"

うわあ、うわあ、うわあ、これはなんだ？

exclamation language essential

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interjection

ちぇっ, くそ

An exclamation of indignance.

Examples :

"Well! There was no need to say that in front of my mother!"

ちぇっ！母の前でそんなこと言う必要なかったのに！

language exclamation essential

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interjection

ええと、あの、まあ

Used in speech to express the overcoming of reluctance to say something.

Examples :

"It was a bit... well... too loud."

それはちょっと…ええと…うるさすぎた。

communication language essential

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interjection

ええと、あの、それで

Used in speech to fill gaps, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question; filled pause.

Examples :

"“So what have you been doing?” “Well, we went for a picnic, and then it started raining so we came home early.”"

「それで、何してたの？」「ええと、ピクニックに行って、それで雨が降り始めて、それで早く帰ってきたんだ。」

language linguistics communication phonetics word gap essential

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interjection

やあ, こんにちは

(Hiberno-English) Used as a greeting

Examples :

""Wall! See you later, Dad." "

やあ！またね、お父さん。

communication language culture essential