- ざら
- *common【S】ありふれた∥ a common experience ざらにある経験.* * *ざら*common〖S〗ありふれた
a common experience ざらにある経験.
* * *Iざら1 〔砂糖〕 =ざらめ.●赤[白]ざら brown [white] crystal sugar.
2 〔紙〕 =ざらがみ.IIざら〔いくらでもあって珍しくない(こと)〕 commonplace; ordinary.●ざらにある話 something that's not unusual
・ざらにある出来事 a common [an everyday] occurrence
・(物が)ざらにある be (very, quite) common [commonplace]; be met with everywhere
・そんなもの[こと]ならざらにある. Such things are quite common [by no means uncommon].
・こんなもうけ話はざらにはない. You don't get an opportunity to make money like this every day.
・その手の品ならざらに売られている. You can get that brand anywhere.
・あのような先生はざらにはいない. You don't find teachers like her every day.
・そんな人間はざらにいる. People like that can be found anywhere [are a dime a dozen].
・結婚したい男なんてそうざらにはいない. There aren't too many men around that I'd want to marry.
・こんな賢い犬はざらにはいない. You'd have to look far before you'd find a dog as smart as this one.
・これは野山にざらにあるキノコで, 珍種ではない. You can find this kind of mushroom anywhere out in the wild; it's not a rare species.
●そんな例はざらだ. Such cases [examples] are common [not unusual].
・レコードを見たことがない子供なんて今じゃざらだ. Nowadays most children have never seen a (long-playing) record.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.