N2878/1725

四し角かくい

い adjectiveadjective (generic)

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しかくい

Meanings

square, rectangular

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Example sentences

この箱はこは四角しかくい形かたちをしている。

This box has a square shape.

彼女かのじょは四角しかくいテーブルを丸まるいテーブルに替かえたいと言いっていた。

She said she wanted to replace the square table with a round one.

その建物たてものは四角しかくくて、窓まどが一ひとつもない。

That building is rectangular and has not a single window.

日本にほんの伝統的でんとうてきな部屋へやには四角しかくい畳たたみが敷しかれている。

Traditional Japanese rooms have square tatami mats laid out.

設計士せっけいしは、あえて四角しかくくない外観がいかんを採用さいようすることで、建物たてものに独自どくじの個性こせいを持もたせることに成功せいこうした。

The architect succeeded in giving the building a unique character by deliberately adopting a non-rectangular exterior.

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.)