What's new

ら/ 引く/ であるくらい

Yzlot

先輩
25 Jun 2013
134
18
28
I came across a few common terms that are puzzling me.

1. 普段なら大企業内の研究所や、専門の実験性説などでしかお目に かかれない機材を、この会場で見学できるのである。

2. A guy suddenly recites a whole textbook of knowledge.
「うわ、引くわ!...」(his friend)
「なで関心するどどころか引くんだよ!」 (the guy)

3. その建物は、実物を初めて見る男子生徒達にも一目瞭然であるくらいに有名だ。


1. Does 普段なら here means "usually"?. What's throwing me off here is that the なら here might be a conditional, but doesn't translate to "if" in english, as with all the usual sentences I've seen, such as お前なら、できるよ。Unless it means "If at normal times,......"

2. Does 引く reference to 生き字引? Is this what the text is saying?
" うわ、he pulled it out!..."
"How is me admiring the same as pulling information out"

3. であるくらいに here has me stumped, unless I'm understanding it's usage wrong. 一目瞭然であるくらいに有名 means "as obvious as it is famous" right? How exactly do you compare those two??? Shouldn't it be 一目瞭然である有名?

Many thanks in advance! 😅
 
1)
実験施設?

普段ならお目にかかれない
we can't see it in usual time = we usually can't see it

I think it's more close to "when" than "if".

2)
引く is a slangy expression for "to lose interest".

ひく【引く/曳く/牽く】
5 (「退く」とも書く)出ているものが遠くへ去る。しりぞく。
㋕(俗語)相手に関心や興味を持たなくなる。相手から気持ちが離れる。「これを口にすると女性が―・く」→どん引き
窶堙絶?堋ュツ【ヒ?ク窶堋ュツ/窶ーg窶堋ュツ/ナ陳。窶堋ュツ】窶堙戸?凪?督。 - ツ坂?佛津ェナスツォツ鞘? - gooナスツォツ鞘?麓/url]

3)
The original meaning of 一目瞭然 is "obvious enough we can know it at a glance". 一目でわかるくらいに有名 makes sense, maybe? Thus, it basically means "the building is very famous enough the male students can recognize what it is at a glance".
 
2.「なで関心するどどころか引くんだよ!」

「なで」は「なぜ」のまちがいかな? なぜ関心するどころか引くんだよ!
 
Huh, how did that happen. I was sure I typed なんで.....Sorry for any confusion.
 
1)
2)
引く is a slangy expression for "to lose interest".
Must be the ear. Somehow I was reading 「引く」 in this case as taking on a different nuance from that which is considered standard -- as actually encouraging the friend to go more deeply into the topic, although the normal meaning is of course opposite (fall back, draw away etc). Hmmm...:?
 
Back
Top Bottom