チャンス
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Japanese
Etymology
First attested in a text from 1893.
Pronunciation
Noun
- chance (an opportunity or possibility)
- 今がチャンスだ！
- Ima ga chansu da!
- Now's the chance!
- 2000 February 17, Maekawa, Takeshi, “新たなる巨大な壁の巻 [A New Giant Obstacle Has Arrived]”, in 鉄拳チンミ (鉄拳チンミ) [New Ironfist Chinmi], volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, pages 145–146:
- 笑っていた‥‥ソウビは‥‥死にむかって落ちていくそのあいだもずっと‥‥助かる方法はあった‥‥だけどソウビは——ぼくを殺す——最後の機会にかけた‥‥‼自分の命を棄ててまでぼくを‥‥そうまでして‥‥
- Waratte ita‥‥ Sōbi wa‥‥ shi ni mukatte ochite iku sono aida mo zutto‥‥ Tasukaru hōhō wa atta‥‥ Dakedo Sōbi wa—— boku o korosu—— saigo no chansu ni kaketa‥‥‼ Jibun no inochi o sutete made boku o‥‥ sō made shite‥‥
- Sōbi... was looking at me and smiling… the whole time he was falling to his death... He could have gotten away... But Sōbi— still wanted to use his last chance— to kill me...!! He was willing to throw away his own life… only to end me...
- 笑っていた‥‥ソウビは‥‥死にむかって落ちていくそのあいだもずっと‥‥助かる方法はあった‥‥だけどソウビは——ぼくを殺す——最後の機会にかけた‥‥‼自分の命を棄ててまでぼくを‥‥そうまでして‥‥
- 今がチャンスだ！
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN