Illustration: In an apartment entrance, a visitor plants their feet wide and rolls up their sleeves before lifting a medium-sized suitcase. The host has already picked up that same suitcase by its handle with just two fingers, arm relaxed and shoulders level.

たいして

taishite

not particularly, not very

Usually used with a negative ending. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

この仕事しごとはたいして骨ほねが折おれない。
The work doesn’t need much effort.
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たいして楽たのしくなかった。
We didn’t have much fun.
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私わたしはたいしてお金かねを持もっていません。
I don’t have much money.
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