street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
2 strokes · frequency rank #1312
- チョウ、テイ、チン、トウ、チ
- ひのと
Common words
- 丁寧ていねいpolite; courteous; civil1
漢字を書くときは点やはらいに気をつけて、なるべく早くていねいに書きましょう。
When drawing kanji be careful of dots and sweeps, write as carefully and quickly as possible.
彼はばか丁寧だ。
He is polite to a fault.
丁寧におじぎをしました。
I bowed politely.
- 包丁ほうちょうkitchen knife2
子供に包丁をいたずらさせてはダメだよ。
Don't let your boy play with a knife.
包丁で指を切りました。
I cut my finger with a knife.
彼女は長年の間に包丁をすり減らした。
She ground down a kitchen knife in the course of many years.
- 一丁いっちょうone leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style)3
- 丁度ちょうどexactly; precisely; just; right4
私達はちょうど食事を終えた所です。
We've just finished breakfast.
ちょうど五時です。
It is just five o'clock.
ちょうど七時半です。
It is just half past seven.
- 丁目ちょうめnth district of a town; nth city block5
４０丁目で車を降りた。
I got out of the car at 40th Street.
- 丁重ていちょうpolite; courteous; hospitable; respectful6
がまんするのが難しいのは彼の度を超した丁重さである。
What is hard to put up with is his over-politeness.
彼は就職を丁重に断った。
He declined the job-offer very politely.
彼の態度は決して丁重ではない。
His attitude is by no means polite.
- 八丁はっちょうskillfulness7
彼は手八丁口八丁だ。
He is as ready to talk as to work.
- 装丁そうていbinding (of a book)8
- 丁ちょうcounter for long and narrow things (e.g. guns, spades, hoes, oars, ink sticks, candles, abacuses, kitchen knives, scissors, shamisen, violins); counter for palanquins, rickshaws, and similar vehicles9
私が見つけたのは１丁のハサミだけだった。
I found nothing but a pair of scissors.
合衆国では２億１６００万丁もの鉄砲類が、民間の手にあるという。
In the U.S., as many as 216 million firearms are said to be in private hands.
- 横丁よこちょうbystreet; side street; back street; alley10