- かりもの
- [借り物] borrowing【C】借用したものborrowed thing【C】.¶→借り物の借り物
借物
borrowed thing* * *かりもの【借り物】borrowing〖C〗借用したものborrowed thing〖C〗.¶ → 借り物の* * *かりもの【借り物】1 〔借りたもの〕 a borrowed [rented] item [article].●彼は何を着ても借り物に見える. No matter what he wears it always looks like something he's borrowed.
●私は急遽(きゅうきょ)借り物の衣装で出席しなければならなかった. I had to borrow some clothes in a big hurry so I could attend.
●借り物を返す return a borrowed item [article].
●実はこの車は借り物なんだ. To tell the truth, this car is not mine; I borrowed it.
2 〔形だけまねて自分のものになっていないもの〕 an imitation.●借り物の意見 a borrowed opinion
・借り物の知識 borrowed knowledge.
借り物競走 a scavenger hunt race; a race in which participants run to a designated area, pick up instructions on what item is to be “borrowed” from someone in the vicinity, run to get that item, then run to the finish line.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.