大家
おおや
landlord; landlady; master; expert
JLPT N3 Common word
Meanings
Noun
landlord; landlady- master; expert; authority; leading figure
- mansion; large house
- rich family; distinguished family
- rich family; distinguished family
Example sentences
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He is a master of English literature.
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He is a great authority on economics.
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He is a recognized authority on the subject.
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He is an authority on physics.
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She has made herself master of flower arranging.
More examples (6)
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They say the landlord used to be well off.
店子は毎月末に大家に家賃を払わなければならない。
The tenant must pay the landlord the rent at the end of each month.
大家に見つからぬようにしなくてはならぬようになってきた。
It became so that I had to hide from the landlord.
時々大家の婆さんが見にきて 「泣かない子ね」 と云ったが、私の子守は天才的に上手であった。
Sometimes the old landlady would come by and said "That child doesn't cry", but it was that my babysitting was godly.
文壇の大家ともあろう人が、まさか金銭トラブルを起こして晩節を汚すことになろうとは思いもよらなかった。
It was unheard of for a literary master, of all people, to get in financial trouble and fall in ruins.
人に自分の勧告が理由のあるものであり、賢明であることを説得するためには、理由を挙げ、知られた例や大家を引用しなければならない。
To persuade somebody that your recommendation is reasonable and wise, you have to give reasons and quote known examples and authorities.