Vocab Info

N3 Noun

ちりdust, dirt

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun

      1.

      dust

    2. Noun

      2.

      trash, garbage, rubbish, dirt

    3. Noun

      3.

      negligible amount, tiny bit

      usu. as 塵ほども...ない
    4. Noun

      4.

      hustle and bustle (of life), worldly cares, impurities of the world

    5. Noun

      5.

      ritual gestures indicating that a fight will be clean

      Abbreviation, Sumo,

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    塵 【ちり】

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    Examples

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      この部屋(へや)にはちり(ひと)つも()ちていません。

      Not a single speck of dust has fallen in this room.

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      (ちち)(はは)、そして(あね)(こと)(ちり)ほども(うたが)った(こと)がない。

      I never doubted my father, mother or sister even one speck.

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      この(ちり)(いろ)から推測(すいそく)するとこれはあのマフラーから()たに(ちが)いない。

      I'm guessing from the color of this dust that it must have come from that muffler.

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      この研究(けんきゅう)(しつ)()いて、ちり(すこ)しでも放置(ほうち)する(こと)絶対(ぜったい)(ゆる)されない(こと)です。

      Leaving even the smallest amount of dust in this laboratory is absolutely unacceptable.

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      (わたし)()わりにハウスキーパーさんがピアノの(うえ)(ちり)(すべ)()(のぞ)いてくれたようだ。

      It seems that the housekeeper removed all the dust on the piano for me.

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