英和和英

読み方 じゅうだい

名詞

One's teens

用例

• 十代で結婚する者は少なくなった
  Few people now marry in their teens.

• 彼は十代を越えるか越えぬに政界に入った
  He entered upon his political career when scarcely out of his teens.

読み方 じゅうだい

名詞

Successive generations

• この太刀は家重代の宝物だ
  This sword is an heirloom （handed down from my fathers）―a family heirloom.

読み方 じゅうだい

形容詞相当語句

Important; weighty; momentous; serious; grave; vital; of great importance; of great moment

用例

• 彼は重大な用を帯びて上京した
  He has come to town on important business―on business of great importance.

• 本件は小生一身上に関する重大の件に候えばひとえに御尽力被下度候
  As the matter is of grave concern to my welfare, I beg you will exert yourself in my behalf.
• これは重大事件だ
  This is a serious matter―a weighty matter―an important matter―a matter of great importance.
• これは重大な問題だ
  This is a weighty question―a question of great moment.
• 日本は支那の治乱に対して重大な利害関係を有している
  Japan has a vital interest in the maintenance of peace in China.
• 重大視する
  to attach importance to―take a serious view of―a matter