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Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected. / (obsolete) Pure, unalloyed . / (obsolete) Nothing less than; complete, downright .

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mere

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Source Word

mere

IPA(Pronunciation)

/mɪə/

Adjective

obsolete

Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected. / (obsolete) Pure, unalloyed . / (obsolete) Nothing less than; complete, downright .

Japanese Meaning

ただの、単なる / 単に、ただただ / （旧義）純粋な、混じりけのない

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The project's success was a mere stroke of luck, not the result of careful planning.

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そのプロジェクトの成功は綿密な計画の結果ではなく、単なる幸運に過ぎませんでした。

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Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected.

Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].

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