Word · 単語
尊い
Reading とうとい
precious
- 1 precious, valuable, priceless
- 2 noble, exalted, sacred
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例文 · examples
川は美しいからといって尊いわけではない。
Just because a river is beautiful doesn't mean that it is precious.
愛より尊い物はない。
Nothing is as precious as love.
ご友情は私にはたいそう尊いものです。
Your friendship means much to me.
健康の尊さをいくら評価してもしすぎることはない。
We cannot overestimate the value of health.
収量が多いからといって尊いとは思わないが、ドカンと発生していると、毒菌でもうれしいもんだ。
I don't think that they are valuable just because they have a large crop, but I'm glad when they sprout in great numbers - even when they are poison mushrooms.