Definition of 寸鉄人刺
- (n) calling card
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(suf) -ian (e.g. Italian, etc.) (attaches to name of country to denote nationality); -er (e.g. performer, etc.) (attaches to name of occupation)
２００人の人が昨年コレラで死んだ。
Two hundred people died of cholera last year. -
(usu. in compound words) man; person; people
アメリカでは、犯罪人を収容する刑務所のための場所以上に犯罪人がいるのでいつも刑務所は定員オーバーの状態である。
In the U.S., there are more prisoners than there is jail space for them. So the prisons are overcrowded.
- (suf) person
- (n) man; person
- human being; mankind; people
- human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species
- character; personality
- man of talent; true man
- another person; other people; others
- adult
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(n) thorn; splinter; spine; biting words
彼の言葉にはとげがあった。
There was a bite in his remark.
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(n) short blade; small weapon
寸鉄人を殺す。
The tongue stings. - epigram; pithy saying
