2006-01-16

natter

不平を言う, 苦情を言う
It's a constant natter, constant back and forth.

2006-01-15

veracity

正直さ, 正確さ
As the veracity of Wikipedia is questioned and lawsuits threatened

2006-01-13

candor

率直さ, 正直
everyone appreciated the candor that framed the conversation.

2006-01-12

circumstantial

状況の, 付随的, 重要でない, 詳細な, 儀式ばった
lots of "false-positive" and "circumstantial" alerts are usually accompanied along the "problem source" alert.

unpalatable

口に合わない, 不快な
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
- John Kenneth Galbraith

folly

愚かなこと, 愚行
The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.
- Helen Rowland

2006-01-10

officious

おせっかいな, 私的な, 横柄な
No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.
- Edward Abbey

renegade

変節者, 裏切り者, 背教者

2006-01-09

貌

容貌の貌だが、訓読みが「かお」とは知らなかった。

襞

ひだ。ほとんどの場合漢字ではなく仮名で書き表されるとは言え、知らなかったのは恥ずかしい。

2006-01-08

matrimonial

結婚(式)の, 婚姻の

2006-01-06

乾電池の種類

単一: size D
単二: size C
単三: size AA (double A)
単四: size AAA (triple A)

2006-01-05

double coated tape

両面テープ
double coated adhesive tapeでもよさそうだが、"double coated tape"のGoogleスコアは2万0800に対して"double coated adhesive tape"だと 542なので、double coated tapeがよさそうだ。

2006-01-02

metastasis

転移

palate

口蓋
hard palate: 硬口蓋
soft palate: 軟口蓋

antrostomy

surgical formation of an opening into any antrum. In the sinonasal region, the term is often used to describe the formation of an opening between the maxillary sinus (or 'antrum') and the inferior nasal meatus, as treatment for chronic maxillary sinusitis.
-- from Medcycropedia

antrum: [解]洞

sinus

副鼻腔
sinusitis: 副鼻腔炎
maxillary sinus: 上顎洞
maxillary sinus carcinoma: 上顎洞癌

2005-12-22

bullhorn

軍艦の拡声器

redemption

買い戻し, (約束の)履行
救助, 救出
償い, あがない

2005-12-21

dowry

持参金, 嫁入り道具