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Akiha: /* About "かくも" */

2007-05-22T15:04:47Z

About "かくも"

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	--[[User:Akiha\|Akiha]] 15:37, 15 May 2007 (PDT)		--[[User:Akiha\|Akiha]] 15:37, 15 May 2007 (PDT)

			:クルマとは、'''かくも'''奥深く魅力的な機械である。機械を超え、生き物にすら近い。多くの人がそれを被写体に選ぶのは、当然かもしれない。
			:Cars are '''very''' deeply fascinating machines. Beyond machinery, almost like a living being, even. That many people have chosen them as a subject for photography is only natural, I think.

			"かくも" is rarely used. And it is used in formal written language. Its meaning is a strong degree, I infer from my dictionaries.

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			かくも【斯くも】
			¶友の零落を笑ったこの男の死に様はかくも哀れなものであった. This is how miserably the man died who had laughed at his friend's ruin.

			かくも【斯くも】 (kakumo)
			＝こんなに.
			なにゆえかくも悲しいのか.　Why so [thus] sad?

			こんなに (konnani)
			こんなにたくさんの　so many [much]; 《口》 this many [much]
			・こんなに高額の賠償金　such a large amount of compensation (money)
			・こんなに夜遅く　at this time of (the) night; at this late hour (of the night); this late (at night)
			・こんなに朝早く　at this hour of (the) morning; at this early hour (of the morning); this early (in the morning)
			・パソコンがこんなに普及していなかったころには　at a time when computers hadn't become so prevalent.
			こんなに少ない給料では生活できない.　I can't live on this kind of pay. ｜ It's impossible to live on such low wages.
			・昔の夏はこんなに暑くなかった.　Summer never used to be so hot.
			・山手線がこんなに遅れることは珍しい.　It is unusual for the Yamanote Line to be this late.
			・こんなにうまくいくとは思わなかった.　I didn't expect to succeed so well. ｜ I hadn't bargained for such success.
			・こんなにおいしいワイン, 今まで飲んだことがない.　I've never had so delicious a wine.
			・まあまあこんなに濡れて. 冷たかったでしょう.　Look at you, you're all wet. You must be cold.
			・こんなに忙しいと寝る間もない.　I'm so busy I don't even have time to sleep.
			・(症状が)こんなになるまでなぜ放っておいたんですか.　Why did you let the symptoms go for so long?
			・こんなにしてまであの遺跡を保存する必要があるのだろうか.　Is it really necessary to go to such lengths to preserve the ruins?
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			--[[User:Akiha\|Akiha]] 08:04, 22 May 2007 (PDT)

Akiha: /* すら discussion */

2007-05-15T22:37:32Z

すら discussion

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Akiha at 05:03, 15 May 2007

2007-05-15T05:03:04Z

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	--[[User:The naming game\|The naming game]] 09:07, 27 April 2007 (PDT)		--[[User:The naming game\|The naming game]] 09:07, 27 April 2007 (PDT)

			I apologize for my late reply. I haven't noticed your reply for almost 3 weeks. I really should have added this page to my watchlist... What is worse is that I'm tired and sleepy now, so another long reply will be postponed until after I wake up. Again, I apologize for being selfish.

			p.s. your second self-written sentence from above was AWESOME.

			--[[User:Akiha\|Akiha]] 22:03, 14 May 2007 (PDT)

The naming game: /* すら discussion */ some more attempts to understand すら and especially にすら近い

2007-04-27T16:07:16Z

すら discussion: some more attempts to understand すら and especially にすら近い

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-すら and さえ are nynonym.
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 The plan doesn't even look reasonable.
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Akiha: New page: すら and さえ are nynonym.

 黒人たちは白人のトイレに入ることすら許されなかった Blacks could not even go into "white" lavatories.  私の祖母はもう...

2007-04-24T17:26:04Z

New page: すら and さえ are nynonym. <pre> 黒人たちは白人のトイレに入ることすら許されなかった Blacks could not even go into "white" lavatories. 私の祖母はもう...

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すら and さえ are nynonym.

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黒人たちは白人のトイレに入ることすら許されなかった
Blacks could not even go into "white" lavatories.

私の祖母はもうろくしてしまい、私のことすら分からない
My grandmother is so senile she doesn't even know me.

私は極度の高所恐怖症なので、遊園地で観覧車に乗ることすらできない
I have extreme acrophobia, so riding the Ferris wheel at the amusement park is out of the question.

彼は英語を読むことすらできない, まして書くなどできるものではない
He can't even read English, much less write it.

これは初めての人（＝初心者・初学者）でさえ解ける簡単な問題です
This is an easy question even a beginner can answer.

彼は日曜でさえ働かねばならなかった
He had to work even on Sunday.

彼女は自分の名前を書くことさえできない
She can't even [so much as] write her own name.（☆前の方が普通）

風が激しい上に雨さえ降ってきた
It was windy, and besides [what is more, 話 on top of that, 書

恐怖のあまり悲鳴を上げることすらできなかった
I was so scared I could not even let out a scream.

彼は読み書きすらできない　
He can not so much as read and write.

神ですら泣く
Even the gods cry

エチケットの基本すらわきまえていないおとなが多すぎる
Too many grown-ups don't know even the basics of good manners.

友情すらも犠牲にして、ライルは仕事を得るためにロンにうそをついた
At the price of their friendship, Lyle lied to Ron to get the job.

標的がすばやく動いていたので、彼ですら命中させることができなかった
Even he couldn't hit the target since it was of foot so rapidly.

悲劇的なメロディーですらやはり美しいものだ。
Even a tragic melody is still beautiful.

彼女は僕が来ていることすら目に入ってなかったって認めましたよ。友達と大事な話をしてたんだ、って言ってましたけどね。
She admitted that she didn't even see me coming. She said that she was having an important conversation with her friend.

彼女は小さな赤ん坊を抱いたことすらありません。ましてオムツを替えたことなんて
She's never even held a tiny baby let alone changed a nappy.

彼女はそこにいる彼にあえて話し掛けようとはしなかった。見ることすらほとんどなかったのだ
She dared not speak to him there. She dared hardly look.

彼は酔っていたので、自分の家を見つけることすらできなかった
In his drunken state, he couldn't even find his own house.

彼は自分の名前を書くことすらできない
He cannot so much as write his own name.

彼は私にさよならを言うことすらしなかった
He did not so much as say goodbye to me.

彼は一人で電車に乗ることすらできない
He cannot so much as take the train by himself.

彼は、仕事を探しに行こうとすらしなかった。
He didn't even go out and look for a job.

太り過ぎて小指すら挙げられない
too bloated to lift even a little finger

戦争前ですら
even before the war

数千人もの市民が何らの罪なく、あるいは尋問すらないままに仮設の刑務所に拘束されている
Hundreds of civilians are being held in makeshift jails without being charged or even questioned.

人の迷惑すら顧みないで
even to the prejudice of others

時々教科書ですら……
Sometimes even the textbooks ...

私は自分の仕事がどのようにして＿年も続いたのか想像すらできない。
I can't imagine how my career has lasted __ years.

警官に尋問された時、その容疑者は黙りこくって名前すら言わなかった
When questioned by the police, the suspect clammed up and wouldn't even say his name.

関心を持っていることすらできない〔〜に〕
be unable even to feign interest in

科学的データはおろか、出生地などの情報すら公表されていないためです。
No scientific data or even information regarding the birthplace has been made public.

その計画は、筋が通ってすらいないようだ。
The plan doesn't even look reasonable.
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