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2005.02.01(Review of 2002.05.10 edition)
Hello again! Welcome back to Berlitz WordMaster,
your personal language-fitness trainer!
Today we're revisiting a word that is often the main reason many of our
female readers run, lift, and sweat at the local health club!
FIGURE (= body shape) スタイル、体つき
- A woman's figure is the shape of her body.
Be careful [1]! We do NOT use the word “style” like the Japanese スタイル to mean a woman's figure.
Be careful [2]! The word “proportions”, like the Japanese プロポーション, is sometimes used to talk about a woman's figure, as in the expression “She has nice proportions.” However, this expression is a little vulgar. - figure は、女性のスタイル、体つき、という意味です。
注意1:style は、日本語の「スタイル」のように 体つき、という意味では使いません。
注意2:proportions は、日本語の「プロポーション」のように、体つきの意味で使われることがあります。(例:She has nice proportions.)けれども少し下品な表現になります。
- Jill has always had a good figure. She even worked as a model for a few years.
- Do you think swimming would improve my figure?
- I lost my figure after having my first baby.
- You're so lucky! How can you eat so much and still keep your figure?
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