- ならい
- [習い] **habit【C】【U】 (個人の無意識的)習慣*custom【C】【U】《正式》(社会の)習慣, 慣行;(個人の)習慣的行為.¶→習い性となる¶→世の習い習い
as is habit
the way life normally is* * *ならい【習い】**habit〖C〗〖U〗 (個人の無意識的)習慣*custom〖C〗〖U〗《正式》(社会の)習慣, 慣行;(個人の)習慣的行為.¶ → 習い性となる¶ → 世の習い* * *ならい【習い】〔習慣〕 a habit; a custom; a practice; a usage; 〔常態〕 the (usual) way.●世の習い the way of the world
・土地の習い a custom of the region.
●習いとなる become a habit; grow into a habit; 〈人が主語〉 contract [fall into] the habit 《of…》.
●世の習いで as is so often the case in life.
●それが当時の習いだ. That was standard practice for the time.
・こんな時にはそうするのがこの国の習いです. According to the custom of this country, that's what you do at a time like this.
・昔の人の習いとして彼も義理堅い. As someone from the old school [who follows the old ways], he has a strong sense of duty [obligation].
・満ちれば欠けるは世の習い. Every tide hath its ebb.
・習い性(せい)となる. Habit becomes second nature. 【諺】 | Once a use, forever a custom. 【諺】
習い性(しょう) an ingrained habit; (one's) second nature.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.