inch

US /ɪntʃ/
UK /ɪntʃ/
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インチ

a unit of linear measure equal to one twelfth of a foot (2.54 cm)

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The screen measures 27 inches diagonally.
画面は対角線で27インチです。
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He grew an inch taller this year.
彼は今年1インチ背が高くなった。
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少しずつ動く, ゆっくり進む

move slowly and carefully in a specified direction

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He inched his way along the narrow ledge.
彼は狭い棚を少しずつ進んだ。
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The car inched forward in the heavy traffic.
車は渋滞の中を少しずつ進んだ。
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column inchnot give an inchgive somebody an inchnot give/budge/move an inch