2024年5月7日火曜日

inscrutable/measured

Koreans are hot, aggressive, energetic, emotional and upfront; while Japanese are cool, polite, measured, calm and inscrutable.

inscrutable   /ɪn'skruːtəbl/   adj)人の表情などが不可解な
★ (especially of a person's expression) impossible to understand or interpret
・He was wearing that inscrutable look again.
・Her face had become inscrutable.
・inscrutable to somebody   Unfortunately, this language is largely inscrutable to non-specialists.

measured   /'meʒərd/ adj)慎重な・控えめな
★ slow and careful; showing control
・She replied in a measured tone to his threat.
・He walked down the corridor with measured steps.

upfront   /,ʌp'frʌnt/ adj)率直な・ざっくばらんな
★ upfront (about something)   not trying to hide what you think or do
・He's been upfront about his intentions since the beginning.

threat   /θret/   n)脅迫
intention   /ɪn'tenʃn/ n)意図・意向・目的

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