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understatement Meaning in Japanese (understatement 英語 意味)

控えめな表現
控えめな表現 in English:understatement
Phonetic:ひかえめなひょうげん
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understatement の日本語の意味は「控えめな表現」です。 (実際よりも小さく、悪く、または重要でないと述べること。)

Definitions of Understatement

  1. 1
    noun
    控えめな表現

    A statement that describes something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it really is.

    実際よりも小さく、悪く、または重要でないと述べること。

Example Sentences

“To say the concert was good would be an understatement; it was phenomenal.”

コンサートが良かったと言うのは控えめな表現だろう。驚異的だったのだから。

“Calling the situation 'challenging' was a massive understatement.”

その状況を「困難」と呼ぶのは、かなりの控えめな表現だった。

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Synonyms (類語)

In English:

euphemismlitotesdownplaying

Antonyms (対義語)

In English:

overstatementexaggerationhyperbole

Inflected Word Forms

infinitiveunderstate
gerundunderstating
adjectiveunderstated

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

master of understatementidiom

Someone who habitually describes things in a way that makes them seem less important or serious than they are.