just on

US pronunciation

American soundjust on

juston

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Clear final sound

just - on -> just on

Myanmar meaning

Full entry

just¹ / dʒʌst / adj

၁။ တရားသော။ တရားမျှတသော။ a just and honourable ruler ❍ a just decision/ law/ society ❍ be just in one's dealings with sb ❍ The just demands of the students must be met.
၂။ ထိုက်တန်သော။ a just reward/ punishment ❍ get one's just deserts (ie get what one deserves). See also JUSTICE
❏ the just n [pl v ] သမာသမတ်ရှိသူများ။
❏ justly adv မှန်မှန်ကန်ကန်။ မျှမျှတတ။ တရားသဖြင့်။ act justly ❍ be justly proud of sth ❍ a justly famous poem.

just² / dʒʌst / adv

၁။ (က) (before ns and noun phrases) တိတိ။ အံကိုက်။ သက်သက်။ It's just two o'clock. ❍ This gadget is just the thing for getting those nails out. ❍ This jacket is just my size. ❍ It's just my luck (ie the sort of bad luck I usually have) to be on holiday during the worst weather of the year. (ခ) (before adjs , advs and prepositional phrases) အနေတော်။ အံကိုက်။ တထေရာ တည်း။ ချွတ်စွပ်။ (ဤ၊ ထိုနေရာ) တွင်။ The sauce tastes just right. ❍ Put it just here/ there. ❍ You're just in time. ❍ She looks just like her mother.
(ဂ) (before clauses) ပဲ။ ပင်။ အတိုင်း။ It's just what I wanted! ❍ It was just where I expected it to be. ❍ Just what do you think you're doing?
၂။ ~ as (က) အတိုင်း။ It's just as I thought.
(ခ) အခိုက်။ The clock struck six just as I arrived. (ဂ) (before an adj/ adv followed by as ) အတိုင်း။ လိုပင်။ She's just as clever as her sister. ❍ You can get there just as cheaply by air as by train.
၃။ (esp after only ) (က) ရုံမျှ။ ရုံ။ just manage to pass the entrance exam ❍ just miss a target ❍ I can only just reach the shelf, even when I stand on tiptoe. ❍ She only just caught the train.
(ခ) (used before prepositional phrases of time or measurement) အခိုက်။ ရုံမျှ။ It happened just before Christmas. ❍ He weighs just over 60 kilos.
၄။ (with perfect tenses; in US English with the simple past tense) ခုတင်။ ခုပဲ။ ခုပင်။ I've just seen John at the doctor's. ❍ When you arrived he had only just left. ❍ He has just been telling us about his trip to Rome. ❍ (esp US ) I just saw him a moment ago.
၅။ (က) (esp with the present and past continuous tenses) ခုတင်။ ခုပဲ။ ခုပင်။ I'm just finishing my book. ❍ I was just beginning to enjoy myself when we had to go home. ❍ I'm just coming! ❍ I'm just off (ie I am leaving now).
(ခ) ~ about/ going to do sth (referring to the immediate future) လုပ်တုန်း။ ခါနီး။ I was just going to tell you when you interrupted. ❍ The potatoes are just about to boil over.
၆။ ရုံမျှ။ ရုံ။ ဒီအတိုင်း။ just an ordinary day ❍ Don't start worrying just because she's an hour late. ❍ I can't just drop all my commitments. ❍ This essay is just not good enough. ❍ I didn't mean to upset you. It's just that I had to tell somebody. ❍ This is not just another disaster movie: it is a masterpiece.
၇။ (used, esp with the imperative, to cut short a possible argument or delay or to appeal for attention or understanding) ကြည့်စမ်း။ ကြည့်စမ်းပါဦး။ Just listen to what I'm saying, will you! ❍ Just try to understand! ❍ Just look at this!
၈။ ~ (for sth/ to do sth) တည်းသာ။ သက်သက်။ There is just one way of saving him. ❍ I waited an hour just to see you. ❍ just for fun/ a laugh/ a joke.
၉။ (used in making a polite request, excuse, interruption, etc) တစ်ဆိတ်လောက်။ တစ်ချက်လောက်။ Could you just help me carry this table, please? ❍ I've just got a few things to do in town first.
၁၀။ (used with might , could , or may to indicate a slight possibility of sth happening or being true) …ကောင်း…မည်။ Try his home number ^__ he might just/ just might be in. ❍ This could just be the deciding factor.
၁၁။ (infml ) (က) (used for emphasis) တကယ်ပဲ။ အဟုတ်ပဲ။ တကယ့်ကို။ The food was just wonderful! ❍ I can just imagine his reaction.
(ခ) (used to express agreement) တကယ်ပဲ။ 'He's rather pompous. ' 'Isn't he just (ie He certainly is)!’
❏ it is just as well (that…) [IDM ] နေရာကျတယ်။ ကောင်းသွားတယ်။ မှန်သွားတယ်။ It's just as well that we didn't leave any later or we'd have missed the train.
❏ just about [IDM ] (infml )
၁။ အားလုံးလိုလို။ နီးပါး။ I've met just about everyone. ❍ 'Did you reach your sales target?' 'Just about. '
၂။ … လောက်ဆိုလျှင်။ He should be arriving just about now.
❏ just like that [IDM ] မပြောမဆို။ ဆိုင်းမဆင့် ဗုံမဆင့်။ He left his wife and children, just like that!
❏ just a minute/ moment/ second [IDM ] (infml ) ခဏ လောက်။ တစ်အောင့်လောက်။ 'Is Mr Schofield available?' 'Just a second, please, I'll check. '
❏ just now [IDM ]
၁။ လောလောဆယ်။ ခုချိန်မှာ။ Come and see me later ^__ I'm busy just now.
၂။ လောလောဆယ်။ ခုတလော။ Business is good just now.
၃။ အခုတင်။ I saw him just now.
❏ just on [IDM ] (infml ) (esp with numbers) နီးပါး။ နီးနီး။ It's just on six o'clock.
❏ just so [IDM ] နေထားတကျ။ စနစ်တကျ။ She cannot bear an untidy desk. Everything must be just so.
❏ (it's/ that's) just too bad [IDM ] (infml ) (often used to show lack of sympathy) ဒါတော့ မတတ်နိုင်ဘူး။ ‘I've left my purse at home’. 'That's just too bad ^__ we're not going back now. ' Compare TOO BAD (BAD)
❏ not just yet [IDM ] လောလောဆယ် မဖြစ်နိုင်။ I can't give you the money just yet.
❏ one might just as well be/ do sth [IDM ] …တာမှ ကောင်းဦးမယ်။ The weather was so bad last weekend we might just as well have stayed at home.

More examples

I can’t come now. I’m just putting the children to bed.
[just now/at the moment/at present] : Mr Reynolds is busy just now, but he’ll see you after lunch.
I don’t feel like talking to anyone just at the moment.
[just then/at that moment] : Just then a knock at the door interrupted our conversation.
[be just going/about to do something] : Mahmud was just about to leave when someone called his name.
I was just going to ask you the same question.
[just when/as] : Just when you think it’s all over, the trouble starts again.
Mum’s just gone down to the shops.
Andy had just arrived in Australia the day before.
Susan was just telling me about your new job.
[only just] : I’ve only just started, so I can’t tell you anything yet.
[just yesterday/last week etc] : Just last week it was freezing, and now it’s too hot.
The medicine costs just a few pence to produce.
He quit the project after just four months.
There’s a little bookshop just round the corner.
It was just a silly mistake.
We’re just a small business employing 15 staff.
We just wanted to make sure everyone was safe.
In my opinion, the argument is just about money.
No, I don’t want to buy anything. I’m just looking.
The bill came to just £3, 552.
William was just five months and eleven days old.
It’s just twenty-three minutes past five.
[just on] : We left just on the stroke of midnight.

Synonyms

now, immediately, presently, in a minute, very soon, a minute ago, a moment ago, a second ago, a short time ago, absolutely, accurate, accurately, almost, aloof, appropriate, approximately, apt, at most, at this moment, balanced, barely, befitting, blameless, but, by very little, clearly, cogent, completely, condign, conscientious, correct, decent, definitely, dependable, deserved, directly, disinterested, dispassionate, due, emphatically, entirely, equal, equitable, ethical, evenhanded, exact, exactly, expressly, fair, fair-minded, faithful, felicitous, fit, fitting, good, happy, hardly, honest, honorable, impartial, in the past few minutes, just a while ago, just now, justified, lately, lawful, legitimate, meet, merely, merited, moral, nearly, no more than, nondiscriminatory, nonpartisan, normal, not long ago, nothing but, objective, only, only now, only this minute, perfectly, plainly, precise, precisely, proper, pure, purely, really, reasonable, recently, regular, reliable, requisite, right, right now, righteous, rightful, rigid, scarce, scarcely, scrupulous, sensible, sharp, simply, slightly, smack-dab, solely, sound, square, squarely, straight away, strict, suitable, totally, tried, true, truly, trustworthy, unbiased, uncolored, undistorted, unmistakably, unprejudiced, upright, valid, veracious, veridical, virtuous, well-deserved, well-founded, well-grounded

Antonyms

imprecise, inaccurate, inappropriate, indefinitely, inequitable, later, partial, unfair, unfitting, unjust, unjustified, unsuitable, unsuited, wrong