(phrase)การมีอะไร (เงิน วัตถุ ชื่อเสียง) ทัดเทียมคนอื่น, ไม่น้อยหน้าชาวบ้าน เช่น Keeping up with the Joneses isn't necessary, especially if you need payday loans because you can't afford it.
English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]Hope Dictionary
[bamī] (n) EN: Chinese egg noodles ; Chinese vermicelli ; egg noodlesFR: nouilles aux oeufs et farine de blé [ fpl ] ; pâte de blé fine aux oeufs [ f ]
[ha](prt) (1) (pronounced わ in modern Japanese) topic marker particle; (2) indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); (3) adds emphasis; (P)#4[Add to Longdo]
[reru ; rareru](aux-v, v1) (1) (れる for 五段 verbs, られる for 一段. Follows the imperfective form of (v5) and (vs) verbs) (See 未然形, 迷惑の受身・めいわくのうけみ) indicates passive voice (inc. the "suffering passive"); (2) (no imperative form. Infrequently used in modern Japanese, e.g. 歩ける is favoured over 歩かれる) (See ら抜き言葉・らぬきことば) indicates the potential form; (3) (no imperative form) indicates spontaneous occurrence; (4) (hon) (no imperative form) used as an honorific for others' actions#41[Add to Longdo]
[やしろ, yashiro](n, n-suf) (1) (abbr) (See 会社) company; association; society; (2) regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); (ctr, suf) (3) counter for companies, shrines, etc.#189[Add to Longdo]
[ち, chi](n) (1) (abbr) ground; land; earth; soil; (2) the region in question; the local area; (3) skin; (4) texture; fabric; material; weave; (5) base; background; (6) one's true nature; (7) narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story); (8) real life; actuality; (9) (in the game of go) captured territory; (10) (See 地謡) noh chorus; (11) (in Japanese dance) accompaniment music; (12) (in Japanese music) basic phrase (usu. repetitive); (13) base part (of multiple shamisens)#208[Add to Longdo]