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2003.12.10

Greetings! Today's WordMaster is just a simple piece of strong glass, but when you're driving it's all that stands between you and the wind, the rain, and a mouthful of bugs!

Today's LessonCATEGORY: Japanese English
WINDSHIELD   フロントガラス

Explanation

  • The windshield is the window at the front of a car or other vehicle.

    Be careful:
    "Front glass"(フロントガラス)is Japanese-English and is NOT used to mean windshield.
  • windshield  は、車やその他の乗り物の、前面についているガラスのことです。 注意:
    Front glass(フロントガラス)は和製英語です。windshield  の意味にはなりません。

examples

  1. (to a gas station attendant)
    Could you clean the windshield  for me, please?
  2. It's dangerous to drive with a cracked windshield. You should get it replaced.
  3. When you drive through farm country in the summer, your windshield quickly becomes covered with dead bugs.
  4. Turn on the windshield wipers. It's starting to rain.

Bye!