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Sample Sentences with 粗末

粗末 (somatsu: crude; rough; plain; humble, inferior)
     coarse + trivial, insignificant

マイクは、丸太から粗末なテーブルを作った。
Maiku wa, maruta kara somatsuna tēburu o tsukutta.
Mike made a crude table from the logs.

丸太 (maruta: logs)     round + thick
(tsuku(ru): to make)

彼の食べる物は粗末だった。
Kare no taberu mono wa somatsu datta.
His diet was abstemious.

(kare: he)
食べる (taberu: to eat)
(mono: thing)

どんなに粗末でも、我が家は我が家である。
Donna ni somatsu demo, wagaya wa wagaya de aru.
Be it ever so humble, home is home.

我が家 (wagaya: our house)     self + house

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