seven and a halfとは 意味・読み方・使い方

"I think, Watson, that you have put on seven and a half pounds since I saw you."発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

「最後に見てから七ポンド半は増えているかな、ワトソン。」 - Arthur Conan Doyle『シャーロック・ホームズの冒険』

About the origin of the name 'three lines and a half,' there are opinions that 'three and a half' is a half of 'seven' of the document title 'seven grounds for husbandly repudiation of the wife,' which was one-sidedly issued by the husband in repudiating his wife in uxorilocal marriage as defined in Ritsuryo code during the Nara period, or that 'three and a half' is a half of 'seven,' which is the number of lines customarily written in the permission of marriage issued by the wife's parents.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

なお、「三行り半」の名前の由来には、奈良時代の律令に定められた棄妻（婿入婚における、夫からの一方的な離婚。放妻とも言う。）の際に用いられた書状七出之状（しちしゅつのじょう）の「七」を半分に割って三行り半というとする説や、婚姻の際に妻の親元が出す婚姻許可状が7行の文書であることが多かったため、その半分の3行半にするという説などもある。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

Tota willingly accepted the request and when he arrived in Mt. Mikami-yama carrying a sword and a bow and arrows, a giant centipede that could wind around Mt. Mikami-yama for seven and a half time appeared.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

藤太は快諾し、剣と弓矢を携えて三上山に臨むと、三上山を7巻き半する大百足が現れた。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

There is a play on word; "It sounds great that the giant centipede was long enough to go around Mt. Mikami-yama seven and a half times, but it is just little shorter than eight rounds (in Japanese, "little shorter than eight rounds" has the same sound as hachimaki (headband)).発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

「三上山を7巻き半と聞けばすごいが、実は8巻き（鉢巻）にちょっと足りない」という洒落がある。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

People believed in Hotei as one of the deities of good fortune, and Hotei was selected as a member of the Seven Deities of Good Fortune of Japanese mythology in the latter half of the Muromachi period.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

庶民には福の神の一種として信仰を集め、室町時代後期に成立した七福神に組み入れられた。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

The temple is known for its statue of the Bodhisattva Maitreya sitting contemplatively in the half-lotus position, a National Treasure, and is one of the seven major temples constructed by Prince Shotoku.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

国宝の弥勒菩薩半跏思惟像を蔵することで知られ、聖徳太子建立七大寺の一つ。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

The trial of Matsumoto Chizuo (Asahara Shoko), the former leader of Aum Shinrikyo, finally ended after seven and a half years.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

オウム真理教元代表の松本智(ち)津(づ)夫(お)(麻(あさ)原(はら)彰(しょう)晃(こう))被告の公判が，７年半を経てついに終了した。 - 浜島書店 Catch a Wave

On Nov. 13, the military government of Myanmar released Aung San Suu Kyi, the 65-year-old leader of the pro-democracy movement, after seven and a half years under house arrest.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

11月13日，ミャンマー軍事政権は民主化運動指導者，アウン・サン・スー・チーさん(65)を７年半の自宅軟禁の後に解放した。 - 浜島書店 Catch a Wave