Author: Peter-Wang-Mobile-2026

英語には意味はおそらくそうだろうと思い込んで、実際には意味がまったく違う英語表現がたくさんあります。たとえば、What a shame! は「なんて恥だ」という意味ではなく、「それは残念です！」の意味です。以下の表現の訳に挑戦してみましょう!
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(1)Look out !
Note: 「外を見る」意味ではない！
(2)bring down the house
Note: 「家を壊す」意味ではない！
(3) You’re pissing me off.
Note: piss off は「小便」意味ではない！
(4) make one’s hair stand on end
Note: 「怒る」、「腹が立つ」意味ではない！
(5) The philosophy book is over my head.
Note: 「この哲学書籍は私の上にある。」意味ではない！
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▼ The answer is here, but upside down.

Notes:
LED (Light-emitting diode) 順方向に電圧を加えた際に発光する半導体素子のことである;
separately 別々に;

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This year, the Nobel Prize in Physics has gone to Akasaki Isamu, Amano Hiroshi, and Nakamura Shuji for their work on blue LEDs. They did research separately, but they all helped to make LED lighting possible. Usually the prize for physics goes to research that seems very far from everyday life, but this time the prize is very easy to understand. LEDs have changed the world so much. LEDs use much less energy and last longer than older types of lighting. Traffic lights and flashlights are made with LEDs now, and LEDs light up computer and smartphone screens. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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