Sep '25 (edited) โ€ข Idiom๐Ÿช„
๐Ÿฆ’ kubi wo nagaku shite matsu (Eagerly Waiting)
Meaning :
This idiom means to wait eagerly or impatiently for something.
It comes from the image of stretching your neck like a giraffe while waiting.
๐Ÿ“ Examples
ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž๏ผˆๆผขๅญ—ๅ…ฅใ‚Š๏ผ‰๏ผš ใ‚ฏใƒชใ‚นใƒžใ‚นใƒ—ใƒฌใ‚ผใƒณใƒˆใ‚’้ฆ–ใ‚’้•ทใใ—ใฆๅพ…ใฃใฆใ„ใพใ™ใ€‚
ใฒใ‚‰ใŒใช๏ผš ใ‚ฏใƒชใ‚นใƒžใ‚นใƒ—ใƒฌใ‚ผใƒณใƒˆใ‚’ใใณใ‚’ใชใŒใใ—ใฆใพใฃใฆใ„ใพใ™ใ€‚
English๏ผš Iโ€™m eagerly waiting for my Christmas present.
ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž๏ผˆๆผขๅญ—ๅ…ฅใ‚Š๏ผ‰๏ผš ็•™ๅญฆใฎๅˆๆ ผ็™บ่กจใ‚’้ฆ–ใ‚’้•ทใใ—ใฆๅพ…ใฃใฆใ„ใŸใ€‚
ใฒใ‚‰ใŒใช๏ผš ใ‚Šใ‚…ใ†ใŒใใฎใ”ใ†ใ‹ใใฏใฃใดใ‚‡ใ†ใ‚’ใใณใ‚’ใชใŒใใ—ใฆใพใฃใฆใ„ใŸใ€‚
English๏ผš I was eagerly waiting for the study abroad results.
๐Ÿ“š Vocabulary / ๅ˜่ชžใƒชใ‚นใƒˆ
  • ้ฆ–ใ‚’้•ทใใ—ใฆๅพ…ใค๏ผˆใใณใ‚’ใชใŒใใ—ใฆใพใค๏ผ‰๏ผto wait eagerly
  • ใ‚ฏใƒชใ‚นใƒžใ‚นใƒ—ใƒฌใ‚ผใƒณใƒˆ๏ผChristmas present
  • ๅˆๆ ผ็™บ่กจ๏ผˆใ”ใ†ใ‹ใใฏใฃใดใ‚‡ใ†๏ผ‰๏ผannouncement of results
  • ็•™ๅญฆ๏ผˆใ‚Šใ‚…ใ†ใŒใ๏ผ‰๏ผstudy abroad
  • ๅพ…ใค๏ผˆใพใค๏ผ‰๏ผto wait
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