account for
Japanese translation: ……から成る
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| 4 | に当たる／に相当する |
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| 2 | 責任を担う |
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……から成る Explanation: ……から成る (... kara naru) This means "to form the total of something" (Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary) or "to form a particular amount of something" (Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs). Reference: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=566&dict=CALD Reference: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=account.for*1... |
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に当たる／に相当する Explanation: I think here "account for" means "correspond to" or "is equivalent to", which can be translated into "に当たる(ni ataru）" or "に相当する（ni soutou suru)" in Japanese. "に当たる" is a more casual expression than "に相当する". |
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責任を担う Explanation: アスタリスクにこだわりました。 比ゆ的に「責任を担う」とか？「立役者である」とか気取ったリフレーズもできますね。- |
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