立彬の日本語
その老人は言わば生き字引だ。
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That old man is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.
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その， そん， 其の
1. that, the
2. part (as in "part two")
3. um ..., er ..., uh ...
那个；部分（如“第二部分”）
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老人， ろうじん
1. old person, senior citizen, the aged, the elderly
老人
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いわば， 言わば， 謂わば
1. so to speak, so to call it, as it were
姑且这么说，姑且这么称呼，可以这么说
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生き字引， 生き字引き， 生字引， いきじびき
1. walking encyclopedia, walking dictionary
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は
1. indicates sentence topic
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
3. adds emphasis
指示句子的主题