たる (taru)

Meaning

    All JLPT 1 grammar : たる(たる, taru), calling oneself a .., pretending to be ..,

    Example

    日本語意味
    彼ほど平々凡々たる主人公は珍しい。A protagonist as plain and ordinary as him is rare indeed.
    彼は将来国家の棟梁たるべき器だ。He has the capacity to be a future leader of the nation.
    さまざまな才能に恵まれて、なんでもそつなくこなす姉にとって、平々凡々たる俺の存在はひどく許せないものらしい。For my multi-talented sister, able do anything with ease, it seems that my commonplace self is something whose existence she finds very hard to forgive.
    誰しもがぶち当たるダイエットの壁。The diet “wall” that everybody hits.

    Vocabulary

    日本語ローマ字意味
    主人公shujinkouprotagonist; main character; hero(ine)
    karehe, him
    珍しいmezurashiiunusual, rare, curious
    utsuwabowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre; caliber
    国家kokkastate, country, nation
    将来shouraifuture, prospects
    noutalent, gift, function
    才能sainoutalent, ability
    存在sonzaiexistence, being
    aneolder sister
    当たるataruto be hit, to strike
    kabewall, partition
    darewho

    Kanji

    漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
    ジン,ニンひと, -り, -とperson
    コウ,クおおやけpublic, official
    シュ,ス,シュウぬし, おも, あるじlord, chief
    ヘイ,ビョウ,ヒョウたい.ら, たい.らげる, ひらeven, flat, peace
    かれ, かの, か.のhe, that, the
    コクくにcountry
    ライ,タイく.る, きた.る, きた.すcome, due, next, cause, become
    カ,ケいえ, や, うちhome, family
    あね, ははelder sister
    エンおれ, われI, myself
    キョゆる.す, もとpermit, approve
    ノウよ.くability, talent, skill
    サイgenius, years old
    ソン,ゾンながら.える, あ.る, たも.つexist, be aware of
    ザイあ.るexist, located in
    スイだれ, たれ, たwho, someone
    トウあ.たる, あ.たり, あ.てるhit, right, appropriate

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