やけ

Also written 焼け, ヤケ, 自棄

Meanings

1. Noun, な-adjective desperation; despair; self-abandonment

Example sentences

• もうやめなさい。今日はやけにふざけているんだから。
  Stop it. You're being ridiculous.
• 彼は今日、やけに親切だな。
  He is being very kind today.
• 今日は彼はやけに親切だ。
  He is being very kind today.
• 彼は彼女の才能に焼もちを妬いている。
  He is jealous of her talent.
• 「もう俺たちの邪魔をしないなら、今までのことは水に流してやってもいいけど？」「やけに寛大なんだな・・・」
  "If you don't get in our way any more, I could see my way to letting bygones be bygones." "That's remarkably generous ..."

Common phrases

• やけになる to become desperate
• やけを起こす (やけをおこす) to become desperate

Words containing やけ

• やけになる to become desperate
• やけのやんぱち (sense of) desperation
• やけを起こす (やけをおこす) to become desperate

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