[khwāmmāi] (n) EN: meaning ; sense ; interpretation ; significance ; denotationFR: signification [ f ] ; sens [ m ] ; interprétation [ f ] ; définition [ f ]
adj. Having a meaning or purpose; having significance; as, a meaningful explanation; a meaningful discussion; a meaningful pause; to live a meaningful life. Opposite of meaningless. [ Narrower terms: comprehensible, understandable; indicative, significative, suggestive ; meaty, substantive ; purposeful ] Also See: purposeful, significant, important. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
adj. having no meaning; of no value; as, a meaningless endeavor; a meaningless life; a meaningless explanation. Opposite of meaningful. [ Narrower terms: insignificant ; mindless, unmeaning ; nonsense(prenominal), nonsensical ; pointless, purposeless ] Also See: insignificant, unimportant, purposeless, unimportant. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
[口风 / 口風, kǒu fēng, ㄎㄡˇ ㄈㄥ]meaning behind the words; what sb really means to say; one's intentions as revealed in one's words; tone of speech#40501[Add to Longdo]
[言外之意, yán wài zhī yì, ㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄓ ㄧˋ]meaning beyond the words (成语 saw); unspoken implication; reading between the lines; what is actually intended#43428[Add to Longdo]
[てん, ten](n) (1) (abbr) (See 御店) merchant's home; (2) (See 店子) rented home; (3) (orig. meaning, also written as 棚) (See 店棚) store; shop#497[Add to Longdo]
[ko ; kko](suf) (1) (abbr) (See 事・こと・6, 慣れっこ, ぺちゃんこ・1) doing; in such a state; (2) (See 睨めっこ・1) doing together; contest; match; (3) (fam) (See 餡こ・1) familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")#880[Add to Longdo]
[わけ, wake](n) (uk) conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation; (P)#921[Add to Longdo]
[そら, sora](n) (1) empty air; sky; (2) { Buddh } shunya (emptiness, the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phemomenon); (3) (abbr) (See 空軍) air force; (n, adj-na) (4) fruitlessness; meaninglessness; (5) (See 五大・1) void (one of the five elements)#1345[Add to Longdo]
[そうとう, soutou](adj-na, n-adv, vs) (1) befitting; becoming; worthy of; proportionate; in keeping with; suitable; (2) considerable; substantial; (vs) (3) to be worthy of; to be proportionate to; (4) to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.); to be equivalent; (adv) (5) extremely; considerably; (P)#1889[Add to Longdo]