ミリmiri

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. prefixmilli-; 10^-3
  2. nounmillimetre; millimeter
    目めの前まえで繰り広くりひろげられるやり取とりは、俺おれが入り込はいりこむ隙すきなんて一いちミリもない。↗
    The exchange unfolding in front of my eyes had not a single millimetre of a gap in which for me to slip.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymミリメータNeutralLoanword full form for millimeter; in speech it is usually clipped to 「ミリ」.
  • RelatedミリメートルWrittenKanji spelling for millimeter; a written form rarely seen today — people normally write 「ミリ」 or 「mm」.
  • RelatedmmNeutralFull-width symbol spelling for millimeter, seen mostly in Japanese typesetting.
  • RelatedmmNeutralHalf-width symbol spelling for millimeter, the form used in spec sheets.
  • AntonymキロNeutralPrefix meaning thousand, as in kilogram or kilometer — the opposite of 「ミリ」, which marks one-thousandth.

For millimeter or one-thousandth use 「ミリ」, as in 「5ミリ」; spec sheets write 「mm」, and the formal full form is 「ミリメートル」. For a thousand — kilogram, kilometer — say 「キロ」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 国際こくさい単位系たんいけいで、基本きほん単位たんいの千せん分ぶんの一いち(10⁻³)を示しめす接頭辞せっとうじ。記号きごうm。
  2. (俗語ぞくご)(「1ミリ」などの形かたちで)わずか。すこし。
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