Vocab Info

N2 Noun

(しろ)substitution, material, price, margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something, shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun

      1.

      substitution

    2. Noun

      2.

      material

    3. Noun

      3.

      price

    4. Noun

      4.

      margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something

    5. Noun

      5.

      shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)

      Archaic,

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    代 【しろ】

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      この()(かい)()(しろ)一人(ひとり)(さん)(ぜん)(えん)だ。

      The price for drinks at this party is 3,000 yen per person.

      • N2

      誘拐(ゆうかい)(はん)(むすめ)()(しろ)(いっ)(せん)(まん)(えん)設定(せってい)しました。

      The kidnapper set the ransom price for my daughter at ten million yen.

      • N2

      図工(ずこう)先生(せんせい):「(のり)(しろ)部分(ぶぶん)だけに(のり)をつけてください。」

      Art Teacher: 'Please only apply glue to the glue margins.'

      • N2

      家庭(かてい)()先生(せんせい):「()(しろ)沿()ってミシンで丁寧(ていねい)()いましょう!」

      Home Economics Teacher: 'Let's sew carefully along the seam margin with a sewing machine!'

      • N2

      借金(しゃっきん)()りに借金(しゃっきん)(しろ)として祖父(そふ)形見(かたみ)である腕時計(うでどけい)()られるところでした。

      I almost had my grandfather's keepsake watch taken away by the debt collector as a substitution for the debt.

      • N2
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