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うり

うり 売り ▸ 売りに出す put 〘a house up for sale / put 〘a house on the market .▸ 彼らの家は売りに出ている Their house is (up ) for sale .

 

うり

うり 植物 【マクワウリ 】a melon .瓜のつるに茄子 なすび はならぬ We cannot expect a brilliant child from ordinary parents . / ことわざ Like father [mother, parent ], like son [daughter, child ].瓜二つ ▸ あの兄弟は瓜二つだ Those brothers are exactly [very much ] alike .⦅話 ⦆Those brothers are as like as two peas (in a pod ) [are like two peas in a pod ].▸ 彼は兄に瓜二つだ He's a carbon copy [the double , the very image ] of his brother .