N2165/1725

中なか身み

atejinounnoun (generic)

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なかみ

Meanings

contents, interior, filling
substance, content
(sword) blade

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Example sentences

この箱はこの中身なかみを確認かくにんしてください。

Please check the contents of this box.

プレゼントの中身なかみが気きになって仕方しかたがない。

I can't stop wondering what's inside the present.

彼かれのスピーチは長ながかったが、中身なかみはほとんどなかった。

His speech was long, but there was almost no substance to it.

見みた目めは立派りっぱでも、中身なかみが伴ともなっていなければ意味いみがない。

Even if the appearance is impressive, it's meaningless if the substance doesn't match.

この報告書ほうこくしょは形式けいしきは整ととのっているが、中身なかみの乏とぼしさが専門家せんもんかたちの間あいだで批判ひはんを受うけた。

This report was well-formatted, but its lack of substance was criticized among experts.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)