paper
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noun
1. material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances, used for writing, drawing, or printing on, or as wrapping material:
紙, 用紙; 包み紙, 包装紙 (!数えるときはa piece/sheet of ~)
e.g. a sheet of paper
e.g. as modifier : a paper bag.
wallpaper:
壁紙(wallpaper)
e.g. the walls were damp—paper hung away in long strips.
short for cigarette paper.
2. (usually papers) a piece or sheet of paper with something written or drawn on it:
〖~s〗 書類
e.g. he riffled through the papers on his desk.
a newspaper:
新聞(newspaper)
e.g. the story made the front page of the local paper.
(papers) significant or important documents belonging to a person:
私文書
e.g. the personal papers of major political figures.
(papers) documents attesting identity; credentials:
公文書
e.g. two men stopped us and asked us for our papers.
a government report or policy document:
(政府などの)報告書
e.g. a recently leaked cabinet paper.
as modifier denoting something that is officially documented but has no real existence:
紙の上[名目上]の〈利益など〉
e.g. a paper profit.
3. an essay or thesis, especially one read at an academic lecture or seminar or published in an academic journal:
«…に関する» 論文; ⦅主に米⦆ (課題としての)レポート «on»
e.g. he published a highly original paper on pattern formation.
4. theatrical slang free passes of admission to a theater or other entertainment.
⦅俗⦆ (劇場などの)無料入場券; 〖集合的に〗無料入場者
verb with object
1. apply wallpaper to (a wall or room):
〈人が〉〈場所など〉に壁紙を張る; 〈物〉を紙で包む
e.g. the walls were papered in a Regency stripe.
no object (paper something over) cover a hole or blemish with wallpaper:
〈壁など〉に壁紙を張る
e.g. interior panels can be of fairly basic wood that will be papered over.
(paper something over) disguise an awkward problem instead of resolving it:
〈好ましくないことなど〉を覆い隠す
e.g. the ill feeling between her and Jenny must have been papered over.
2. theatrical slang fill (a theater) by giving out free tickets:
e.g. surely the theater could at least have papered the house if the box office was looking so poor.
PHRASES
be not worth the paper it is written on
be of no value or validity whatsoever despite having been written down:
e.g. his tenancy agreement may not now be worth the paper it's written on.
make the papers
be written about in newspapers and thus become famous or notorious:
e.g. he thought he'd jump off the Brooklyn Bridge and make the papers.
on paper
in writing:
e.g. Portuguese, although similar to Spanish on paper, is pronounced completely differently.
in theory rather than in reality:
e.g. the combatants were, on paper at least, evenly matched.
DERIVATIVES
paperer noun
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French papir, from Latin papyrus ‘paper-reed’ (see papyrus). The verb dates from the late 16th century.