気が遠い
English translation: feel overwhelme
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|  Selected response from: Kurt Hammond United States Local time: 17:52 | ||||||
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| 5 +3 | feel overwhelmed |
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| 3 | unimaginable /or overstretched |
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peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3feel overwhelmed Explanation: No, it means that something seems so far off that they can't imagine it ever being a reality. If you ask me how long and how much work is needed to do a certain project, after I tell you how much effort is invovled, you might say "ki ga tooi hanashi da ne" Other synonyms: mind-boggling, staggering, daunting See the reference link for other usage examples. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2004-06-01 08:34:10 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- A correction to both your question and my answer: The appropriate usage of this phrase is 気が遠くなる. It rarely if ever is used as 気が遠い. So my usage example, the user would say 気が遠くなる話だね , not 気が遠い話だね . Reference: http://www.alc.co.jp Reference: http://www2.alc.co.jp/ejr/index.php?word_in=%8BC%82%AA%89%93... |
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