【No. 1444】Yoku Ieba, Waruku Ieba (良く言えば～、悪く言えば～)
Dec 1, 2018 18:48
Yoku Ieba, Waruku Ieba,
I introduced you to the Japanese term ishiatama (石頭 - hard head/inflexible) yesterday, and majime (真面目 - serious/earnest) several days ago.
Both of these terms have a similar meaning, but majime includes a positive connotation, whereas ishiatama includes a negative connotation.
If you want to express a person who can be described by both of them, you can say as follows:
"Yoku ieba majime, waruku ieba ishiatama" (良く言えば真面目、悪く言えば石頭).
Yoku (良く) means "good/positive," waruku (悪く) means "bad/negative," and ieba (言えば) means "saying/speaking."
Therefore, the above expression means that he/she is majime (earnest) in a good way of saying, but ishiatama (inflexible) in a bad way of saying.
I introduced you to the Japanese term ishiatama (石頭 - hard head/inflexible) yesterday, and majime (真面目 - serious/earnest) several days ago.
Both of these terms have a similar meaning, but majime includes a positive connotation, whereas ishiatama includes a negative connotation.
If you want to express a person who can be described by both of them, you can say as follows:
"Yoku ieba majime, waruku ieba ishiatama" (良く言えば真面目、悪く言えば石頭).
Yoku (良く) means "good/positive," waruku (悪く) means "bad/negative," and ieba (言えば) means "saying/speaking."
Therefore, the above expression means that he/she is majime (earnest) in a good way of saying, but ishiatama (inflexible) in a bad way of saying.
良く言えば～、悪く言えば～
昨日は「石頭」という言葉を、数日前は「真面目」という言葉を紹介しました。
これらは似た意味を持ちますが、「真面目」は良いニュアンスを含む一方で、「石頭」は悪いニュアンスを含みます。
誰かの性格を表す際に、これらのどちらも言葉を当てはまる場合は、次のように言うことができます。
「良く言えば真面目、悪く言えば石頭。」
「良く」は "good/positive," 「悪く」は "bad/negative," 「言えば」は "saying/speaking" を意味します。
すなわちこの表現は、"He/she is 'majime' (earnest) in a good way of saying, but 'ishiatama' (inflexible) in a bad way of saying." という意味になります。
昨日は「石頭」という言葉を、数日前は「真面目」という言葉を紹介しました。
これらは似た意味を持ちますが、「真面目」は良いニュアンスを含む一方で、「石頭」は悪いニュアンスを含みます。
誰かの性格を表す際に、これらのどちらも言葉を当てはまる場合は、次のように言うことができます。
「良く言えば真面目、悪く言えば石頭。」
「良く」は "good/positive," 「悪く」は "bad/negative," 「言えば」は "saying/speaking" を意味します。
すなわちこの表現は、"He/she is 'majime' (earnest) in a good way of saying, but 'ishiatama' (inflexible) in a bad way of saying." という意味になります。
Corrections (1)
No. 1 Greg
- Both of these terms have a similar meaning, but 'majime' includes a positive connotation, whereas 'ishiatama' includes a negative connotation.
- Both of these terms have a similar meaning, but 'majime' has a positive connotation, whereas 'ishiatama' has a negative connotation.
- If you want to express a person who can be described by both of them, you can say as follows:
- If you want to express that a person who can be described by both of them, you can say: as follows:
- "Yoku ieba majime, waruku ieba ishiatama" (良く言えば真面目、悪く言えば石頭).
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- 'Yoku' (良く) means "good/positive," 'waruku' (悪く) means "bad/negative," and 'ieba' (言えば) means "saying/speaking."
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
Toru
Thank you so much for the correction! (^^)
Thank you so much for the correction! (^^)
Greg
どういたしまして。
どういたしまして。