A friend had already given me a new book almost a year ago, no doubt noticing the deterioration of my old one.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1995年2月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT100103", "2226054"
Now, you don't think it likely that a man who could do anything is going to wear his breeches out sitting in the stinking hold of a rat-gutted, beetle-ridden, mouldy old coffin of a Chin China coaster.〔【出典】英文:"The Gloria Scott" by Arthur Conan Doyle、訳者:大久保ゆう〕"_CO-GLOR", "2416297"
Thanks to a senior, I managed to rent a rundown apartment for 25,000 yen, however, it was quite small and had only a small kitchen, and I remember that the walls were so thin that I could hear sounds from next door."〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2001年6月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT176022", "2460267"
劇場へ行く途中で、トムのおんぼろ車は動かなくなっちゃったんだ。
On the way to the theater, Tom's old car just gave up the ghost.
古いおんぼろ車
old and decrepit car
車の値段は1000ドルの中古のおんぼろから小さな家と同じ位の高級車までさまざまである。
Car prices range from $1000 for a used clunker to luxury models that cost almost as much as a small house.◆【使い方に注意】clunker〈米話〉