鼻が高い (hana ga takai: proud) nose + high
２人とも今日は大活躍だったみたいね。先生も鼻が高いわ。
Futari tomo kyō wa daikatsuyaku datta mitaine. Sensei mo hana ga takaiwa.
You’ve both been very impressive today. I’m proud of you.２人 (futari: two people) two + people
とも (tomo: both, together)
今日 (kyō: today) this + day
大- (dai-: prefix meaning great)
活躍 (katsuyaku: flourishing, doing well, being actively engaged) lively + to leap
みたい (mitai: -like, similar to, resembling)
先生 (sensei: teacher) ahead of + scholar
わ (wa: sentence-ending particle that women use, in this case to convey friendliness)Do you recognize the first sentence here? We saw it a few weeks ago in a blog about 活躍. Back then I found these sentences on Breen but eliminated the one about the sensei.
