Vocab Info

N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, No-adjective

マイナスminus

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

      1.

      minus, subtraction, taking away

      Antonyms:

    2. No-adjective, Noun

      2.

      negative (number)

    3. Noun

      3.

      deficit, loss

    4. Noun, No-adjective

      4.

      disadvantage, drawback, handicap

    5. Noun

      5.

      negative charge, cathode, negative terminal, negative pole

    6. Noun

      6.

      minus sign, negative sign

    7. No-adjective, Noun

      7.

      negative (image, effect, thinking, etc.), bad

    8. No-adjective, Noun

      8.

      negative (test result)

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    Examples

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      問題(もんだい):「17マイナス9を(もと)めなさい。」

      Test question : 'Find 17 minus 9.'

      • N3

      電池(でんち)のプラスとマイナス間違(まちが)えないでね。

      Don't mistake the positive and negative poles of the battery.

      • N3

      今月(こんげつ)支出(ししゅつ)収入(しゅうにゅう)計算(けいさん)してみたら、マイナスでした。

      I calculated this month's expenditures and income and found it to be negative.

      • N3

      この(ほん)はあのCDと(とも)子供(こども)教育(きょういく)にはマイナス影響(えいきょう)(およ)ぼすだろう。

      This book, along with that CD, will have a negative impact on a child's education.

      • N3

      (みなみ)島国(しまぐに)(そだ)った(わたし)()っては、気温(きおん)マイナス世界(せかい)なんて(かんが)えられません。

      Growing up in a southern island country, I can't imagine a world with negative temperatures.

      • N2
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