Sep 15, 2015 01:38
8 yrs ago
Japanese term
Italy
切る
Non-PRO
Japanese to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Dear ProZ members,
I have a little question about this sentence:
兵士が半数を切ることは予想しておらんかったな
Of course, it means something like "I didn't expect that half of the soldiers would have been defeated".
I was wondering, however, about the precise meaning of the verb 切る. Is this some particular use, meaning "to truncate" as in "truncating a linK", or is it totally normal to use this verb in this context?
Thanks for your help!
I have a little question about this sentence:
兵士が半数を切ることは予想しておらんかったな
Of course, it means something like "I didn't expect that half of the soldiers would have been defeated".
I was wondering, however, about the precise meaning of the verb 切る. Is this some particular use, meaning "to truncate" as in "truncating a linK", or is it totally normal to use this verb in this context?
Thanks for your help!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 -1 | 半数を切る |
jbaba
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| 3 | drop below/break |
cinefil
|
Proposed translations
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半数を切る
「数値・パーセント等を切る」means to drop below (number, percent, etc.)
So, without any additional context besides the sentence you provided above, I would understand it to mean "I didn't expect that the number of soldiers would drop below half".
To answer your question about "truncate", using "truncate" in this context would sound a little strange as it is not a commonly used term outside of the field of mathematics and the author is using 口語.
I posted a link to a site that shows a few example sentences using the word "truncate".
So, without any additional context besides the sentence you provided above, I would understand it to mean "I didn't expect that the number of soldiers would drop below half".
To answer your question about "truncate", using "truncate" in this context would sound a little strange as it is not a commonly used term outside of the field of mathematics and the author is using 口語.
I posted a link to a site that shows a few example sentences using the word "truncate".
Example sentence:
http://wordsinasentence.com/truncate-in-a-sentence/
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much to everyone! It was simple after all, I was missing one of the meanings of the word."
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drop below/break
http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/切る
http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/下回る
き・る【切る・斬る・截る・伐る】
(ある数量を)下回る。割る。「千円を少し—・った値をつける」
《切》 尽きるようにする。物事を最後までやる。
広辞苑 第四版
http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/下回る
き・る【切る・斬る・截る・伐る】
(ある数量を)下回る。割る。「千円を少し—・った値をつける」
《切》 尽きるようにする。物事を最後までやる。
広辞苑 第四版
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