Illustration: In a Japanese apartment’s multipurpose room, an adult pedals a stationary exercise bicycle connected by a clearly visible belt to a small fan. The rider is visibly getting a workout, with upright posture, active legs, and a towel around the neck.

JLPT N2expressionLevel estimated by Bebop

一いっ石せき二に鳥ちょう

isseki nichou

two birds with one stone

Example sentences

  1. 蛇口じゃぐちから出でる新あたらしい水みずを直接利用ちょくせつりようするのではなく、あえて使つかい古ふるした水みずを再利用さいりようすることにより無駄むだを減へらし、なおかつ涼りょうも得えるという、一石二鳥いっせきにちょうの考かんがえ方かたである。

    By recommending citizens to recycle used water instead of using fresh water coming out of a tap, such campaigns aim to achieve a dual purpose of reducing waste and getting coolness.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 交通費こうつうひが浮ういて運動うんどうにもなるから、自転車通勤じてんしゃつうきんは一石二鳥いっせきにちょうだ。

    Cycling to work saves on transportation costs and gives me exercise, so it kills two birds with one stone.

    Written by AI for Bebop

  3. 図書館としょかんで勉強べんきょうすれば、静しずかで本ほんも借かりられて一石二鳥いっせきにちょうだ。

    Studying at the library gives me a quiet place and lets me borrow books, so it kills two birds with one stone.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 一石二鳥

  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 石stoneOnセキ・シャク・コクKunいし
  • 二twoOnニ・ジKunふた・ふたつ・ふたたび
  • 鳥bird; chickenOnチョウKunとり

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