能 – JLPT N3 Vocabulary

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nou

Meaning

    talent, gift, function
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日本語英語
友人は「不可能だ」と言わんばかりに首を横に振った。My friend shook his head as much as to say “impossible”.
きみ、人をおこらせる才能だけはぴか一だよね。You’re really the best when, and only when, it comes to angering people.
彼女は才能に恵まれているどころではない。She is far from being richly gifted.
もちろん万能ではないからといって価値がないわけではないから、GTDはダメということにはならない。Of course you can’t say that it’s worth nothing because it isn’t perfect, so that doesn’t mean that GTD is useless.
性能のよさとデザインの優美さが両々相まって本機種の声価を高めてきた。The high performance and the elegant design of this model have combined to give it a high reputation.
理論上はそれは可能だけれど実際にはとても難しい。In theory it is possible, but in practice it is very difficult.
さまざまな才能に恵まれて、なんでもそつなくこなす姉にとって、平々凡々たる俺の存在はひどく許せないものらしい。For my multi-talented sister, able do anything with ease, it seems that my commonplace self is something whose existence she finds very hard to forgive.
特殊能力があるかどうかは分かりませんが、普通の人間以上の力はあった事でしょう。I don’t know if he has any special powers or not, but he’s probably stronger than a normal human.
女ってどうして連れションしたがるの?物凄く理解不能。Women – why do they want to go to toilet in groups? I don’t get it at all.
この宇宙には知的生命体が存在するのはまず間違いないと思うが、その生命体が地球に来る可能性は殆ど無し。I think it is certain that there is intelligent life in this universe, but the likelihood of that life coming to Earth is practically nil.
性能的には問題なかったんだけど、一体あたりにかかる費用があまりにも膨大で、コストパフォーマンスが悪いということでね。There was nothing wrong with their ability, it was just that the expense for each unit was so vast that the cost performance was bad.
彼女は美しいばかりでなく才能もあった。She was not merely beautiful, but also talented.
彼女が病気だと言う可能性を残念ながら捨て切れない。I’m afraid we can’t rule out the possibility that she may have the disease.
これは、お前の体躯、護衛能力を考慮した上でのプランなのだ。是が非でもやってもらう。This is a plan that takes into account your stature and your ability to guard. By all means do it for me.

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