狙い – vocab dash

狙ねらい

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Meanings

Noun

1. aim (of a gun, bow, etc.)

2. aim; object; objective; purpose; intention; target

Kanji used

Pitch accent

ねらい

Used in vocabulary

burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses); sneak thief; prowler

Noun

target; objective

Noun

betting on an outsider (in horse racing, etc.); taking a long shot; dark horse betting

Noun

aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser

Noun

one's chance; the right time; target; objective

Noun

vehicle burglary; theft from a vehicle; stealing valuables from an unattended car

Noun

according to plan; as planned; on target

No-adjective

Examples11

彼かの女じょのねらいは教きょう師しになることである。

She aims to become a teacher.

君きみの狙ねらいは何なになんだ？

What are you getting at?

彼かれの真しんのねらいを理り解かいできない。

I fail to understand his true aim.

彼かれのねらいが何なんだかわかってきた。

I began to see what he was getting at.

私わたしは彼かれの真しんのねらいを理り解かいすることはできない。

I fail to understand his true aim.

彼かれは今いままでの所ところ自じ分ぶんの狙ねらいを何なにも言いっていません。

He has so far been silent about his intention.