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VocabJLPT N2

par

Noun

Definitions

1. par
2. equivalence

This katakana word, borrowed from English "par," has a couple of uses: in golf it refers to the standard number of strokes for a hole, and in everyday Japanese it can also refer to the open-hand gesture in the game of rock-paper-scissors. Context usually makes the intended meaning clear.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Why would you change the specs now and throw all our hard work out the window?

Sentence 2

Why would he go out of his way to blow up the whole plan?

Sentence 3

Why do we need to trash the plan right now, of all times?

Sentence 4

If we leave this as is, the whole improvement proposal goes down the drain!

Sentence 5

That one comment completely killed the mood we'd built up!