carefully

●一人暮らしの明け暮れに不自由はないか? Are you experiencing any inconveniences spending your days living alone?

●過疎の町の老人たちの明け暮れを丁寧に取材したテレビ番組が好評を博した. The TV program that carefully documented the daily routine of the aged living in thinly populated towns gained wide approval.

●私はここに隠居してからは, 明け暮れ富士を拝み, 静かな日々を送っています. Ever since my retirement here I have spent my days quietly, bowing in respect to Mt. Fuji every morning and evening.

●母親は明け暮れヨーロッパに留学中の娘の無事を祈っている. The mother is praying for the safety of her daughter studying in Europe all the time.

●僕が 1 年生でボール拾いに明け暮れしていたとき, 彼はすでに 3 年生でスタープレーヤーだった. When I was a first-year student spending all my time chasing balls, he was in third year, already a star player.

a thinking reed 考えるアシ《◆「人間」のこと；Pascal の言葉》 a broken reed 折れたアシ；たよりにならない人［物］.

bend one's legs 脚を曲げる

sit with one's legs crossed 脚を組んで座る

have a bad leg 脚が悪い

strain a muscle in one's leg 脚の筋を違える

He is weak in legs. 彼は脚が弱い

pull O's leg (倒そうとして)(人)の足を引っ張る.

have a light ［sore］ foot 足が軽い［痛い］

have leaden feet 足が重い

He is fleet of foot. 彼は足が速い(＝He is fleet-footed.)

have ［get， keep］ both (one's) feet (set ［planted］) (firmly) on the ground 《やや略式》足が地についている， 実際的である

set foot in ［on， upon］ O (場所)に足を踏み入れる

She wished on her rabbit's foot. 彼女はウサギの足に願いをかけた《◆ウサギの足は幸運を呼ぶという迷信がある》

I'm (half) dead of my feet. 足が棒のようだ

The shoes have raised blisters on my feet. 靴ずれで足にまめができた

shuffle one's feet 足を引きずって歩く(＝walk with a shuffle)

drop ［fall， land］ on one's feet (猫のように)足から着地する； 《略式》困難を切り抜ける.

My toes feel numb with cold ［from anesthesia］. 足の先が寒さで［麻酔で］感覚がない

The shoes are pinching my toes ［me at my toes］. この靴はきつくて足の指が痛い.

▲lose one's footing 足をすべらせる

A night's sleep will ease your tired limbs. 一晩眠れば足の疲れはとれます

outgrow one's shoes 足が大きくなって靴がはけなくなる

He will shape up into a fast runner. 彼は脚の速い選手になるだろう

Have you got any transport? (車か何か)足がありますか.

●大きな足 large [big] feet

・小さな足 small [little] feet

・甲高の足 feet with high arches; feet that are high in the instep.

●足が大きい. I have large [big] feet. | My feet are large [big].

・足が小さい. I have small [little] feet. | My feet are small [little].

・足が水虫でかゆい. I have athlete's foot and my feet are [foot is] itchy.

・いすが高くて足が床に届かない. The chair is too high for my feet to reach the floor. | The chair is so high that my feet won't [can't, don't] reach the floor.

●毛虫を足で踏みつぶした. I crushed the caterpillar with my foot.

・こらっ, 足でドアを閉めるな! Hey! Don't close the door with your foot!

・〔走り幅跳びなどで〕 あなたはどっちの足で踏み切りますか. Which foot do you take off from?

●足に合う靴 shoes that fit [are the right size]

・足に合わない靴 shoes that don't fit [are the wrong size]; ill-fitting shoes

・足に合わない靴を一日履いていたら, 腰まで痛くなった. Wearing shoes that didn't fit [shoes that were a bad fit, ill-fitting shoes] all day made even my back ache.

・靴がやっと足になじんできた. The shoes have finally adjusted to my feet. | At last my feet have got used to [I've worn in] the new shoes.

・死体は右足に靴を履いていなかった. The corpse wasn't wearing a shoe on its [the] right foot. | There was no shoe on the dead man's [woman's] right foot.

・左足にまめができてしまった. I've developed a blister on my left foot.

・人間はふだんどっちかの足に体重をかけて立っているものだ. When they stand, human beings usually put (most of) their weight on one foot.

●足の裏は, 一番くすぐったいところだ. The sole of the foot is the place that tickles most [the most ticklish place].

・足の大きさ[サイズ] one's shoe [foot] size; the size of one's feet; how big [large] one's feet are

・僕は弟と足の大きさを比べた. My little brother and I compared the sizes of our feet [our feet to see whose were bigger].

・「あなたは足のサイズは何センチですか」「25.5 です」 “What size are your feet [shoes do you wear]?”―“25.5cm.”

・足の甲 the instep (of the foot)

・私は足の甲が高い. I have high insteps.

・足の先 the [ one's] toes; the tip(s) of the [ one's] toes. [⇒ あしさき, つまさき]

・暗闇の中で, 私は足の先に何か柔らかいものが触れたのを感じた. I felt (the front of) my foot bump into something soft in the dark.

・足の爪 a toenail; the [ one's] toenails

・足の幅 the width [breadth] of the [ one's] feet; how wide [broad] the [ one's] feet are

・足の指 a toe; 〔親指〕 a [the, one's] big toe; 〔小指〕 a [the, one's] little toe; 〔第 2 [3, 4] 指〕 a [the, one's] second [third, fourth] toe

・〔立っているモデルに向かって〕 足の向きに注意して! Watch which way your feet are pointing [facing]!

●足を暖めるとよく眠れます. If you warm (up) your feet you sleep well. | People sleep better with warm feet.

・プールに入る人は足を洗ってシャワーを浴びてください. Please wash your feet and take a shower before entering the pool.

・右足をくじいた. I twisted my right ankle.

・靴を磨きますから足を台に載せてください. Put [Place] your foot on the stand and I'll polish your shoe.

・彼は腕組みし, 足を机に載せてすわっていた. He was sitting with his arms folded and his feet on the desk.

・気を付け! 足を 60 度に開いて立て! Attention! Stand with (your heels together and) your feet facing out at an angle of 60 degrees.

・満員電車で足を踏まれた. I got my foot trodden on in the crush on the train. | The train was jam-packed and I got my foot trodden on [somebody trod on my foot].

・痛いな, 人の足を踏むな. Ouch! Get off my foot. | Ouch! You're standing on my foot!

・僕は階段で足を踏み外して怪我をした. I lost my footing [missed my step] on the stairs and got hurt.

・川岸で遊んでいた男の子が足を滑らせて川に落ちた. A boy playing on the river bank slipped [lost his footing] and fell into the river.

・足が疲れたときは足を高くして休むといい. When your feet feel tired, it helps to put them up [put them in a raised position].

・難民の中には足を引きずって歩いている人がいた. Some of the refugees were [One of the refugees was] limping [dragging one foot behind the other].

●痛いのは右左どちらの足ですか. Is it your right or left foot that hurts? | Which foot hurts; the right, or (the) left?

・私はどっちの足も外反母趾で今病院に通っている. I have bunions on both feet and am being treated at a hospital.

●カモシカのような足 long, slim legs; 《a distance runner with》 legs like a gazelle's

・毛むくじゃらの足 hairy [hirsute] legs

・すらりとした足 long, slim [well-shaped, shapely] legs

・太くて短い足 short fat [plump] legs.

●彼女は足が美しい. She has lovely [beautiful] legs.

・足が長い人 a person with long legs; a long-legged person

・彼は足が長い[短い]. He has long [short] legs. | His legs are long [short].

・最近の子供は足が長くなった. Children have longer legs these days. | Children's legs have grown longer recently.

・彼女は足が細い. She has slim [thin, skinny] legs. | Her legs are slim [thin, skinny].

・彼女は足が太い. She has thick [plump, fat] legs. | Her legs are thick [plump, fat].

・正座していたからすっかり足がしびれた. I had been kneeling in the formal Japanese position and my legs were completely numb.

・大きな犬にうなり声をあげられて, 恐ろしさに足が震えた. A [This] big dog growled at me, and I was so frightened my knees trembled [legs trembled, legs turned to jelly].

・一日中立っている仕事は, 足がむくんでとても辛い. Having to stand at work all day makes my legs [feet] swell very painfully. | It's horrible having to work standing the whole day, and it gives me swollen feet.

・あまり高くて, 下を見たら足がすくんでしまった. It was so high that when I looked down I flinched [my legs trembled, I felt weak at the knees].

・足が疲れてもう歩けない. My legs [feet] are tired; I can't walk any farther. | My legs [feet] are exhausted; I can't go another step.

・足が不自由な人 a person who can't walk [use his legs] (properly); a lame person; 〔片足が不自由になっている人〕 a person with a crippled leg; a person who is lame in one leg

・足がふらついてうまく歩けない. My legs are [feel] wobbly and I can't walk properly. | I'm [I feel] unsteady on my feet and it's difficult for me to walk.

・足が悪い. There's something wrong with my leg(s). | My legs are [My leg's] bad. | 〔障害がある〕 I have a leg problem [a problem with my leg(s)]. | 〔病気だ〕 It has affected my leg(s). | 《口》 It's got me in the leg(s).

・不合格で, 家に帰る足が重い. I've failed, and I really don't want to go home [it's difficult to face the journey home].

・今日はずいぶん歩いたので, 階段を上るとものすごく足が重い. I really walked a lot today and when I go upstairs my legs feel awfully [terribly] heavy.

・しばらく休憩したら足がだいぶ軽くなった. After a brief rest my legs felt a good deal less heavy.

・バレリーナは足が 180 度に開く. A ballerina can spread (out) her legs 180 degrees. | A ballerina can do the splits.

●私は足に障害があるので, 車いすで出かけます. There's something wrong with my leg(s) [My legs are bad, I can't walk (properly)], so I go out in a wheelchair.

●足の長さ leg-length; the length of the [ one's] legs; how long the [ one's] legs are

・足の太さ the thickness of the [ one's] legs

・足の付け根 the base of the thigh(s)

・足の間にボールを挟んで両足跳びでゴールまで行ってください. Hold the ball between your legs and hop on both feet as far as the goal.

●兵隊は町中を足を高くはね上げながら行進していった. The troops goose-stepped through the town.

・彼は足を傷めている. He has hurt [injured] his leg. | He has leg trouble. | There is something wrong [the matter] with his leg. | 《文》 He has sustained an injury to his leg [a leg injury].

・彼は練習中に転んで, 足を傷めた[負傷した]. He fell over when he was practicing and hurt his leg. | 《文》 When practicing he fell over and suffered [sustained] a leg injury.

・多くの人が地雷で足を失った. A lot of people have lost a leg [their legs] because of land mines. | Many people have had a leg [their legs] blown off by land mines.

・妹が犬に足をかまれた. My (little) sister was [got] bitten on the leg by a dog. | A dog bit my sister on [in] the leg.

・父は足を組んでいすにすわって新聞を読んでいる. My father is sitting in a chair with his legs crossed [sitting cross-legged in a chair], reading a newspaper.

・モデルは足を交差させて立ち, ポーズを取った. The model posed standing with one leg crossed over the other.

・足を切断しなければ彼は死んでしまう. Unless we take his leg off [take off his leg, cut off his leg, cut his leg off] he'll die. | We'll have to amputate his [the] leg or he'll die. | 《文》 Only (an) amputation of the leg can save his life.

・次は足を閉じて膝の屈伸運動をします. Next you bring your legs together [close your legs] and do a knee-bending exercise.

・電車で足を投げ出してすわるのは, まわりに迷惑だ. Sitting on the train with your legs sticking out [Sticking out your legs when you are sitting on the train] is a nuisance to the people around you. | It's antisocial to sit on the train with your legs sticking out in front of you.

・どうぞ足を伸ばしてゆっくりお休みください. Please, stretch your legs out and make yourself comfortable.

・横になって足を伸ばし体の力を抜いて. Lie down and stretch out your legs, and relax (all the muscles in your body).

・水泳中にだれかに足を引っ張られ, とてもこわい思いをした. While I was swimming somebody caught hold of my leg [foot, ankle]. It was terrifying. | While I was swimming somebody pulled me by the leg [foot, ankle] and really frightened me.

・足を開いて休めの姿勢を取りなさい. Place your legs apart and stand at ease. | Stand at ease with your legs apart.

・ここは足を広げて股覗きをすると不思議な景色が見える名所です. This is a famous tourist spot because if you place your legs apart and look through them you get a curious view of the scenery.

・足を細く見せるストッキングがよく売れている. Stockings that make one's legs look slim are selling well.

・足を細くするというストッキングが評判です. Stockings that make the legs thinner are popular.

・死者の手や足を曲げて埋葬した棺が, 遺跡から見つかった. A coffin in which the corpse was buried with bent elbows and knees [the arms and legs bent] was found at the site.

●あなたはどっちの足からズボンをはきますか. When you put on your trousers, which leg do you put in first?

●アシカ[イルカ, オットセイ, ウミガメ]の足 a flipper

・(指のある)カメの足 a turtle's leg

・イカ[タコ, クラゲ]の足 an arm; a tentacle

・犬の足 〔全体〕 the legs; 〔人間の “foot” に当たる部分〕 a paw; 〔前足〕 a foreleg; a front leg; 〔後足〕 a hind [back] leg

・牛[馬]の足 〔全体〕 the legs; 〔人間の “foot” に当たる部分〕 a hoof 《pl. hooves, ～s》; 〔前足〕 a foreleg; a front leg; 〔後足〕 a hind [back] leg; 〔料理用〕 (牛に限る) (a) leg of beef [(子牛) veal]

・エビ[カニ]の足 a leg; 〔はさみ〕 a claw; 【動】 a chela 《pl. chelae》; 〔はさみ〕 a pincer

・貝の足 a foot 《pl. feet》

・クモの足 a leg; 〔脚鬚(_{きゃくしゅ})〕 a feeler; 【動】 a pedipalp

・昆虫の足 a leg; 〔前足〕 a front leg; (両側) the first pair of legs; 〔中足〕 a middle leg; (両側) the second pair of legs; 〔後足〕 a back leg; (両側) the third pair of legs

・鳥の足 〔全体〕 the leg; 〔爪〕 a foot 《pl. feet》; 〔人間の手に当たる部分〕 a claw

・鶏の足 〔全体〕 the leg; 〔爪〕 a foot; 《pl. feet》; a claw; 〔料理用〕 a chicken leg; a drumstick

・猫の足 〔全体〕 the leg; (前足) the forelegs; the front legs; (後足) the hind [back] legs; 〔かぎづめのある足〕 paw(s); (前足) the forepaws; the front paws; (後足) the hind [back] paws

・羊の足 〔全体〕 leg(s); (前足) forelegs; front legs; (後足) hind [back] legs; (ひづめ) hoof 《pl. hooves, ～s》; 〔料理用〕 (a) leg of mutton; (子羊) (a) leg of lamb

・ヒトデの足 an arm

・豚の足 leg(s); (前足) forelegs; front legs; (後足) hind [back] legs; 〔料理用〕 (a) leg of pork; trotter(s)

・ムカデの足 a leg.

●足がある have legs

・足がない have no legs; lack legs; be legless

・ヘビは足がない. Snakes don't have [have no] legs. | Snakes lack legs.

・ダックスフントは足が短い犬だ. Dachshunds have short legs. | The legs of a dachshund are short.

●タカは足で野ウサギを捕まえる. Hawks catch hares with their talons [in their claws].

・猫が汚れた足で家の中に上がってきた. The cat came into the house with dirty paws [feet].

●馬の足に蹄鉄(_ていてつ)を打ちつける shoe a horse; provide a horse with horseshoes

・ハチが足に花粉をつけて飛び回っている. A bee is flying around with pollen on its feet.

●その馬は第 3 レース中に足を骨折した. The horse broke a leg [one of its legs] during the third race.

・つかまえたタヌキは, 足を縛って動けないようにしてある. The legs of the captured raccoon dog have been tied together to render it immobile.

・猫が足をなめている. The cat is licking its paws.

・十分に草を食んだ牛は足を折り曲げて地面にすわり, 静かに休憩していた. When they had grazed their full on grass, the cows folded their legs and rested quietly.

・猫の足の裏をくすぐったら, 足を引っ込めた. When I tickled the lower surface of its paw the cat pulled it back. | The cat withdrew its paw when I tickled it underneath.

●クモの足は何本ありますか. How many legs does a spider have?

●X 形の足 X-shaped legs 《of a table》

・折り畳み式の足 《a table with》 folding legs

・活字の足 the foot of a (piece of) type

・漢字の足 a bottom [foot] radical of a kanji [⇒ かんじ⁵ (囲み)]

・「点」という漢字の足は「れんが」と言う. The bottom part of the kanji for ten is known as [called] renga.

・かんざしの足 the prong(s) of a kanzashi [an ornamental Japanese hairpin]

・グラスの足 the stem 《of a wine glass》; 〔いちばん下の平らな部分〕 the foot 《of a wine glass》

・なめこの足 the stem of a nameko mushroom

・(背広などの)ボタンの足 《make》 a thread shank for a button

・真空管の足 the (base) pins [prongs, end plug] of a vacuum tube [《英》 valve]

・垂線の足 the foot of a perpendicular line

・任意の点 P から直線 ab に下ろした垂線の足を Q とする. Let the point where a descending perpendicular from any given point P meets the horizontal line ab be Q.

・ズボンの足 trouser legs

・ソファー[ストーブ, ベッド]の足 the legs [feet] of a sofa [stove, bed]. <▲> feet は脚のいちばん下の部分をさす.

・テーブル[机, こたつ, いす, ピアノ, 三脚, 作業台, 譜面台, etc.]の～ 〔全体〕 the legs of a table [desk, kotatsu table, chair, piano, tripod, workbench, music stand, etc.]; table [etc.] legs; 〔1 本〕 a table [etc.] leg

・トースター[洗濯機, その他箱型の電気器具]の足 the feet of a toaster [washing machine, etc.].

●この花台は足が高すぎて倒れそうだ. With such long legs, this vase stand [rest] seems unstable.

・私の譜面台は足がぐらぐらして使えない. The legs of my music stand are wobbly and it's of no use anymore.

●この机は, 足の彫刻が凝っているのが気に入った. I like the elaborate carving on the legs [feet] of this desk.

・電気器具は足の高さを調節して水平に置いてください. Please adjust (the height of) the feet of any electrical equipment and ensure that it is horizontal.

●カメラマンは三脚の足を広げて撮影の準備に取りかかった. The photographer spread the tripod legs apart and started getting ready to take a photograph.

・使わない時は足を折り畳んでしまえるテーブルが欲しい. I want one of those tables that has folding legs, so that you can put it away when you're not using it.

●車を足代わりに使っている. I use a car to get around [for transport].

●足が速い walk [run] fast; 《文》 be fleet of foot

・足が遅い walk [run] slowly; be slow of foot

・チーターは足が速い. Cheetahs run very fast. | Cheetahs are great runners.

・あの選手は足があるから, 相手にするとやっかいだ. 〔野球やラグビーなど, 走ることによる〕 He's fast [He's quick on his feet, He moves fast], so he's a lot of trouble to deal with. | 〔キックボクシングなど, 蹴ることによる〕 He's good with his feet [He has a powerful kick], so he's a formidable opponent. | 〔柔道や相撲など, 足技による〕 His footwork is [His leg techniques are] good, so he's a tricky opponent to deal with.

・君のうちのおじいちゃんは足が丈夫[達者]だね. Your grandfather's very steady on his feet, isn't he? | Your grandfather's a good walker, isn't he?

●ご両親はお子さんの通学路をご自分の足で歩いてみてください. Please try walking (along) your children's route to school on your own two feet.

・家から駅まで子供の足で 30 分かかります. For a child it's about 30 minutes walk from the house to the station. | It takes [would take] a child about 30 minutes from home to the station.

●足の運びかた the movement of sb's [the] feet

・足の速さ sb's speed [pace]; the speed [pace] at which sb walks [runs, moves, etc.]; sb's walking [running] pace [speed].

●足を生かした[使った]攻撃 〔野球やラグビーなど, 走ることによる〕 an offense that takes advantage of [uses] 《the players'》 speed; 〔キックボクシングなど, 蹴ることによる〕 an attack in which kicks are used to good advantage; 〔柔道や相撲など, 足技による〕 an attack in which leg throws are used to good advantage

・いいにおいに, 私はふと足を止めた. The good smell made me stop (in my tracks) [brought me to a stop].

・自転車旅行をしていた私たちは, その村にしばらく足を留めた. On our bicycle tour we stayed at that village for a while [made a brief stop at that village].

・足を速める quicken one's pace [step]; walk faster; one's pace [step] quickens

・日暮れが近くなったので, 私は足を速めた. Dusk was approaching, and I started going faster [I quickened my pace].

・あそこの四阿(_あずまや)で少し足を休めよう. Let's have a rest [rest our legs, rest our feet] in the little arbor over there.

・向こうから友だちが来たので, 僕は足を緩めた. A friend came in the opposite direction so I slowed down. | I saw a friend coming the other way and I slackened my pace [my pace slackened].

・富士登山にそなえて今足を鍛えています. I'm training [building up my strength, strengthening my legs] for climbing Mount Fuji.

・僕たちは, 二人三脚でうまく足をそろえることができた. We managed to synchronize our leg movements [get our legs moving together] in the three-legged race.

●足から年を取ると言う. People say you start ageing from the legs up [ageing affects the legs first].

・私には手も足も出ない. ⇒て 手も足も出ない.

●足しげく ⇒ あししげく.

●足が遠のく ⇒足が遠のく.

●父は帰宅するや, その足で近所の寄り合いに出かけて行った. As soon as my father got home he went straight off to a neighborhood meeting.

●市役所のお固いイメージが市民の足を遠ざけている. The formality of city halls keeps citizens away [makes it difficult for citizens to go there]. | City halls are unapproachable (for citizens) because of their formal atmosphere.

・何度も市役所に足を運ぶ have to go to the trouble of going to the city hall many times.

●庶民の足 (the) citizens' means of transportation

・タクシー業界は, 「庶民の足」となることをめざしている. The taxi companies are aiming to become a standard means of transportation [《英》 transport] for ordinary people [citizens]. | The taxi companies are hoping to persuade people to see them as an ordinary [a regular] way of getting around.

●車が出払っていて, 取材に出かけようにも今足がない. All the cars are being used, so even if I want to go out and cover a story, I can't get there [I've no means of transportation, 《口》 I don't have any wheels].

・村のお年寄りが気楽に利用できる足が必要だ. The old people in the village need some way of getting about easily [some convenient form of transportation, a vehicle of some kind to make it easier for them to get about].

・ポイント故障のため, 通勤の足が乱れた. The points broke down and commuters were stranded [there was chaos in the commuter network].

・スト中は通勤通学の足がなかった. During the strike there was no way of getting to [it was impossible to get to, there was no transportation to] school or to work.

●ここは橋がないので, フェリーが島民の重要な足になっている. There's no bridge here, so the ferry is an important means of transportation [《英》 transport].

・台風のために欠航が相次ぎ, 帰省客の足に影響が出た. Because of the typhoon departures were cancelled one after another and homeward journeys were interrupted [(many) passengers had their homeward journeys interrupted].

●足の便がいい[悪い]場所 an easy [a difficult] place to get to; somewhere easy [difficult] to get to; a convenient [an inconvenient] place; 《文》 somewhere easy [difficult] of access

・足の便がいいところは土地の値段も高い. If areas are conveniently situated they are also expensive (to buy land on). | When an area is convenient, the land prices are correspondingly high.

●どうやって競技場までの足を確保するかが問題だ. Arranging 《米》 transportation [《英》 transport] to the stadium is the problem.

●通勤の足として何を使っていますか. How do you get [commute, go, travel] to work? | What kind of transportation [《英》 transport] do you use to get to work?

●吊り橋を渡り始めたが, 下を見たとたん, 足がすくんでしまった. I started crossing the suspension bridge, but as soon as I looked down my legs turned to jelly [my legs failed me, I was too frightened to go another step].

●今は大女優の彼女も, 舞台に 10 年立ち続けて, ようやく足が地に着いた演技ができるようになったのだ. Now she's a great actress, but it was not until after ten years on the stage that she could give a solid [sound] performance.

●初舞台を踏んだときは, 足が地に着かない感じだった. The first time I went on stage I felt thoroughly unreal [like a completely different person, as though my soul had left my body].

・試験の結果発表の日は, 合格したうれしさで足が地に着かなかった. On the day the test results came out I was so thrilled to have passed that I was walking on air [on top of the world, ecstatic].

・彼のやることは足が地に着いていない. The things he does are lacking in [lack] stability.

●盗品を質に入れたところから足がついて, 犯人が捕まった. The trail from the stolen goods he had pawned led to the arrest of the thief. | The culprit was arrested after being traced because he had pawned the stolen goods.

●忘年会で 5 万円の足が出たとのことで, 追加の集金があった. The expenses for the year-end party were \50,000 more than the budget and we were each billed extra. | The year-end party exceeded [ran over, overran] the budget by \50,000 and we each had to pay extra.

●両親が亡くなって, 実家から足が遠のいている. Since my parents died I seldom get back to my old home. | Since my parents' death my trips to the parental home have been very sporadic.

・近くに大きなスーパーができて小売店の客の足が遠のいた. When a large supermarket opened nearby the small retailers lost a lot of customers [fewer customers went to the small retail stores, the number of customers visiting the retail shops decreased].

●秋さばは足が早い. Mackerels caught in autumn go bad quickly.

●店に活気が出るように, 足が早い商品を店頭に置いた. To liven up trade we displayed some fast-selling goods at the front of the shop.

●行方不明になった子猫を, 彼女は足が棒になるほど捜し回った. She hunted around for the lost kitten until she could hardly stand [she was exhausted, her legs would hardly support her]. | 《口》 She practically walked her legs off hunting for the lost kitten.

●彼は, 職を求めて, 連日足を棒にして歩いた. Day after day he walked around looking for a job until he was exhausted [《口》 till his legs were falling off]. | 《口》 Every day he walked his legs off job-hunting.

●皆で一緒に退社すると, つい飲み屋に足が向く. When we all leave work together we end up heading for [we are, before we know it, on our way to] a drinking place.

●足の向くまま気の向くままという旅がしてみたい. I'd like to try going on a journey that would let me travel wherever my legs carry me [wherever my legs take me, wherever my feet lead me], just as the fancy takes me.

●この子はよく歩くから, きっと足が強くなるよ. The child walks a lot so I'm sure she will develop into a good [strong] walker.

●足が弱くなる ＝足が弱る.

●彼も, 年齢のせいか, 急に足が弱ってきた. I suppose it's his age, but he has suddenly grown weak in the legs [his legs have weakened all of a sudden].

●この記事は足で書いたものだ. This is an article I wrote with materials I collected by travelling around myself [《口》 on the hoof].

●足で稼いだホームラン(＝ランニングホームラン) an inside-the-park home run

・彼が足で稼いだ 3 塁打で味方は決定的なチャンスをつかんだ. His teammates used the hit that he stretched to a three-bagger because of his speed to seize a decisive opportunity.

・これは足で稼いだ情報だ. It took a lot of legwork for me to get this information.

●頭で考えてばかりいないで, 足で調べてこい. Don't just think about it; get on your legs [feet] and go and find out. | 《口》 Don't just sit there thinking; get off your 《米》 butt [《英》 《俗語》 arse] and go and find out.

●私は足に自信がなくて, ミニスカートがはけない. I don't have very good [beautiful] legs, so I don't wear miniskirts.

●足に自信がある人は, ぜひ競技会に参加してください. If you are (any) good with your legs [at running, at walking], do take part in the athletics meet.

●当てもなく足に任せて歩いただけだが, 美しい風景が見られて満足した. I just walked [wandered] about at random (without any specific destination in mind), but there were some wonderful views, so I was happy.

・若者たちは足に任せてどんどん歩いていった. The young people walked (along) as fast as they could [as fast as their legs would carry them].

●各省の足の引っ張り合いが行革が進まない一つの理由である. One of the reasons administrative reforms aren't making any progress is that the Ministries all attack one another [fight with each other, try to outsmart each other].

・互いに足の引っ張り合いをしていては進歩がない. There's no progress being made when each one of you is standing in everyone else's way.

●子供部屋は足の踏み場もないほど散らかっていた. The nursery was in such a mess that there was nowhere to put my feet [no room to stand].

●やくざの世界から足を洗うのはなかなか難しい. It's pretty difficult to wash one's hands of [get out of, leave, cut one's ties with] yakuza society.

●私が芸能界に足を入れたきっかけは美空ひばりとの出会いである. The thing that led me into the entertainment world was meeting Misora Hibari.

●私鉄のスト(ライキ)で 20 万人が足を奪われた. The strike on the private railways stranded 200,000 people [left 200,000 people without transportation].

●ライバルならば, 相手の足をすくうようなことをせず, 堂々と闘え. Rivals should fight honestly [《口》 clean], without taking (unfair) advantage of each other [trying to trip each other up, 《口》 doing the dirty on each other]. | A decent person fights openly and honestly, and doesn't cheat (on his [her] rival).

・かわいがっていた部下に足をすくわれるとは, 彼も思ってみなかっただろう. He can't have had any idea that he would be betrayed [stabbed in the back] by one of the people in his office to whom he had been so caring.

●流れに足を取られないよう, 気をつけて渡れ. Cross carefully and make sure that you don't get carried away (by the rushing water). | Go over carefully so that you don't lose your footing and get carried away by the current.

●彼は一人になるのが嫌で, 不良仲間から足を抜けないでいる. He hates being by himself, so he can't pull out of the gang [he stays in this group of delinquents]. | The reason he doesn't leave [pull out of, extract himself from] this gang of delinquents is that he hates being by himself.

・彼はそのグループから少しずつ足を抜こうとしていた. Little by little he tried to pull out of that group.

●どうぞ足を伸ばしてゆっくりしてください. Make yourself comfortable [at home] and relax. | Relax and stretch your legs (for a while).

●上京したついでに足を伸ばして, 鎌倉を散策してきた. As I was in Tokyo anyway I went on [extended my journey] to Kamakura and had a walk around.

●何度も足を運んだが, とうとう彼には会えなかった. I went there [made my way there, took myself there] again and again, but in the end I didn't manage to meet him.

・たびたび足を運ばせてすみません. I'm sorry to make you [have you, ask you to] come so many times. | I do apologize for forcing you to come again and again.

●円高が景気回復の足を引っぱった. The high yen held back [delayed, slowed down] economic recovery. | The strength of the yen delayed revitalization of the economy.

・私は同僚たちの足を引っぱるようなことはしたくない. I don't want to hold back [stand in the way of] my colleagues.

●診察室に一歩足を踏み入れただけで泣きだしてしまう子もいる. Some children burst into tears as soon as they even set foot in [step into, cross the threshold of] a consulting room.

・この家に二度と足を踏み入れるな. Don't ever [Never] come back to this house. | I don't ever want to see you in this house again. | 《文》 〔大げさまたはこっけいに〕 Never darken my door again.

・私は, この 5 年間, そんな場所に足を踏み入れたことはない. I haven't been to [set foot in] a place like that for five years.

・世界にはだれも足を踏み入れたことがない地域がたくさんある. There are many places in the world that nobody has set foot in [gone to, visited, traveled to]. | There are many areas of the world that have never been visited by human beings.

●私財を投げ出してわれわれを救ってくれたあの人には足を向けて寝られない. We should always be grateful to [never forget] that person for having come to our rescue with her own savings.

●散歩で, いつもと違う方面に足を向けてみた. I tried walking in a different direction from the usual one.

●岸辺にはアシが生い茂っていた. The river's edge [lakeshore] was overgrown with reeds.

・アシが生い茂った水辺 a reedy shore(line).

●アシの茂み a clump of reeds

・世論などというものは風にそよぐアシのようなものだと彼は考えている. As he sees it, something like public opinion is like reeds swaying in the wind.

●人間は考えるアシである. Man is a thinking reed. <▲> フランス語の “un roseau pensant” より.

at O's feet ＝ at the foot of O＝under O's feet (人)の足元に

She groveled at the feet of the king. 彼女は王の足元に平伏した

under foot 足元に， 地面に《◆比喩的にも用いる》.

▲Mind ［《米》Watch］ your step! 足元に気をつけて！《◆ Mind ［《米》Watch］ the step! 階段があるので注意！》

A crater yawned below us. 足元には噴火口がぽっかり口を開いていた

while the going is good 足元が明るいうちに；状況が悪くならないうちに

She took advantage of my weakness. 彼女に足元を見られた.

You look rather unsteady on your feet. 足元が危なっかしいね.

●足もとにも及ばない be far inferior 《to…》; be no match 《for…》; cannot [be not fit to] hold a candle 《to…》.

●ガラスが飛び散っていて, 足もとがあぶなくて歩けなかった. Pieces of window glass flew in all directions, and it was too dangerous for us [me] to walk.

・足もとが暗いから懐中電灯持ってきて. It's too dark to see where we're walking, so bring a 《米》 flashlight [《英》 torch], okay?

●その時, 私たちが立っていた堤防が足もとから崩れはじめた. Just then the embankment we were standing on began to fall away from under out feet.

●私は高山植物を踏まないように足もとに気をつけて歩いた. I picked my steps [way] carefully so as not to tread on any alpine plants [flora].

・暗いですから, どうぞお足もとに気をつけて. It's dark out there, so please watch your step.

・足もとにご用心. Mind your step. | Watch [Mind] where you put your foot down [step]. | Be careful [Watch carefully] where you step [put your foot down].

・君の足もとに百円玉が落ちているよ. There's a hundred-yen piece [coin] at your feet.

・京都には東京などは足もとにも寄せつけない歴史と伝統がある. Cities like Tokyo cannot compare with [are nowhere near] Kyoto when it comes to history and tradition.

●足もとの明るいうちに 〔日が暮れないうちに〕 before (it gets) dark

・私は足もとの大地が音をたてて崩れていくのを感じた. I felt the earth under my feet collapse with a roar.

●警官は犯人の足もとを狙って撃った. The policeman shot at the culprit's feet [legs]. <▲> feet の場合は威嚇の目的で足下の地面を狙って撃つことも含まれる

・足もとを確かめながら斜面を登る make sure of one's foothold as one climbs a slope.

●彼女の足もとは暖かそうな毛皮のブーツにくるまれていた. Her feet were wrapped in warm-looking fur boots.

●まだ足もとがおぼつかない子供を連れての買物は大変だ. Taking along a child that's still unsteady on its feet when one goes shopping can be a trying experience.

・おじいさんは足もとがふらつくのでいつも杖をついています. The old man always walks with [uses] a cane because he is unsteady on his feet.

●足もとのふらついている老人 a wobbly [tottering] old man.

●大臣の汚職事件で政権の足もとが揺らいでいる. The corruption scandal involving a minister is leaving the government in a shaky position.

●足もとから逮捕者を出し, 知事は責任を感じている. The Governor feels responsibility after the arrest of one of his close subordinates.

・彼のその一言で私はそれまでの自信が足もとから崩れて行くのを感じた. After that remark of his I felt my self-confidence fall away from under me.

●足もとの明るいうちに 〔手遅れにならないうちに〕 before it is too late; 〔不利な状態にならないうちに〕 《get out》 while the going's good

・私は足もとの明るいうちに辞職した. I resigned before things got too hot.

・犯人は足もとの明るいうちに高飛びしようと考えた. The culprit thought it wise to abscond [make tracks, 《口》 fly the coop] while the coast was clear.

●汚職事件が拡大し, とうとう市長の足もとに火がついた. The bribery scandal has spread, and finally the flames are licking around the mayor's feet.

・いよいよ彼の足もとに火がついたぞ. Ruin is finally at his door. | The flames are finally licking at his feet.

●原油の値上げは貿易に依存する国々の足もとを脅かすものである. A rise in the price of crude oil threatens the position of trading nations.

・大統領は自分の支持者で足もとを固めた. The President solidified his position by appointing his supporters to key post.

・じっくり自分の足もとを見つめ, 将来のあるべき姿を考えよう. Let's look hard at our present position and think long and carefully about where we should go from here [what we want to be in the future].

●足もとから鳥が立つように suddenly; abruptly; hurry-scurry

・息子は, まるで足もとから鳥が立つようにあわただしく帰っていった. My son suddenly rushed off back home.

●彼らはわれわれの足もとを見て法外な金額を要求してきた. Perceiving [Seeing] our weak situation [position], they demanded an outrageous [exorbitant] sum.

・われわれも足もとを見られたものだ. Boy, have we been taken advantage of!

drip with sweat 汗がしたたる

The sweat stood on his face. 彼の顔には汗がにじんでいた

The sweat was pouring off the runner. ランナーのからだから汗が吹き出ていた

be in a cold sweat 冷や汗をかいている.

a drop of perspiration 1滴の汗.

●額から玉のような汗が噴き出た. Beads of sweat [perspiration] broke out on his brow. | Sweat beaded on his forehead.

・額は玉の汗だ. Beads [Drops] of sweat stood on his brow. | The sweat stood in beads upon his forehead.

・マラソンを走った彼は全身滝のような汗だ. After he finished the marathon rivers of sweat were pouring from him.

・血の汗を流す 〔大変苦労する〕 sweat blood

・このトンネルは祖父が血の汗を流して掘ったトンネルだ. This is the tunnel that my grandfather sweated blood to build.

●私は汗が乾くまで裸でいることにした. I decided not to put any clothes on until my perspiration had dried.

・さかんに汗が出る 〈 人が主語〉 sweat [perspire] profusely [freely, copiously]

・汗が出るのは体温を調節するためである. The purpose of perspiration is to adjust body temperature.

・汗が出なくなる病気がある. There are some illnesses in which the patient stops perspiring.

・サウナに入ってまもなく汗が出始めた. I started to sweat almost as soon as I went into the sauna.

・汗がワイシャツを通した. The perspiration came through my shirt. | My shirt was soaked with sweat.

・汗が背中を流れた. The perspiration ran [streamed] down my back.

・立っていると汗がだらだら流れた. The sweat poured from me as I stood there.

・額に汗がにじんだ. Perspiration rose [Sweat came out] on his forehead. | Moisture started from his forehead.

・やっと汗がひいた. I stopped perspiring at last.

・冷房のきいたコーヒー店に入ると汗がスーッとひいた. As soon as I entered the air-conditioned coffee shop I stopped feeling sweaty.

・ガラス工場の中は, じっとしていても汗が噴きだす暑さだ. It is so hot in the glassworks that one breaks out in (a) sweat just standing there.

・はちまきは汗が目に入らないようにする働きもある. A headband also serves to keep the sweat out of one's eyes.

●化粧が汗で崩れてしまった. The perspiration had ruined her makeup.

・シャツが汗でぐっしょりだ. My shirt is wringing with sweat.

・ボールが汗で滑らないように投手は手にロジンをつけて投げる. The pitcher puts rosin on his hands so that the ball isn't slippery with sweat when he throws it.

・彼は汗で濡れた前髪をかきあげてはちまきを縛りなおした. He pushed back his sweat-soaked hair and retied his headband.

・汗でべとべとした手 a sweaty hand.

●汗にまみれる be bathed in perspiration

・汗に濡れた肌 perspiring skin; skin wet with perspiration

・彼は汗にまみれて働いたことのないおぼっちゃんだ. He was brought up on easy street and has never done a day's hard work in his life.

●汗の結晶 《文》 the fruits of one's toil [labor]

・彼らの汗の結晶であるモニュメントが完成した. The monument into which they had put so much effort was at last completed.

・額から汗のしずくがしたたり落ちた. Drops of sweat fell from her forehead.

・更衣室は男の汗の匂いがぷんぷんした. The locker room stank of male sweat.

●汗をかく sweat; break into a sweat; perspire

・私はすぐに汗をかく. I sweat easily.

・人間は寝ている間に, 冬でもコップ 1 杯の汗をかくという. They say that even in winter a person will sweat a beakerful of perspiration in a single night.

・ひどく汗をかいた後はスポーツ飲料で水分を補いましょう. After you've sweated profusely, you should replace the lost fluid with an isotonic drink.

・役者は舞台でびっしょり汗をかくので衣裳係は大変です. The wardrobe-mistress has a very difficult job because the actors come off the stage dripping with [drenched in] sweat.

・ちょっと汗をかいたぐらいの運動では痩せられない. Exercise that only brings on a slight sweat won't help you to slim [lose weight].

・うんと汗をかくと風邪が直ることがある. A good sweat often cures a cold.

・汗をかいている間は薬が塗れない. I can't apply the ointment while you are sweating [perspiring].

・脇の下に汗をかいた. I was sweating under my armpits.

・子供の舞台を見ていて親のほうがどきどきして汗かいちゃいましたよ. When my daughter was on the stage I was much more nervous than she was; I was covered in perspiration!

・下着には汗を吸う木綿が一番だ. Cotton is best for underwear because it absorbs perspiration.

・汗を流さずに大金を得ようと考えるのはやめたほうがいい. You'd better give up the idea that you can make a fortune without exerting yourself [putting out any effort].

・ひと風呂(_ふろ)浴びて汗を流して, 今涼んでいるところだ. I've had a bath to get rid of the sweat, and I'm just cooling off now.

・黙々とトレーニングに汗を流す work out hard and steadily; focus hard on one's training

・彼は一人グラウンドで黙々とトレーニングに汗を流していた. He was having a hard, steady workout alone on the field.

・額の汗をぬぐった. She mopped her brow. | She wiped the perspiration from her forehead.

・赤ちゃんの顔の汗を母親はきれいにぬぐってやった. The baby's mother carefully wiped the perspiration off its face [wiped its face free of perspiration].

・彼は流れる汗をぬぐおうともせず一心不乱にノミを振るった. He single-mindedly wielded his chisel, not even pausing to wipe the sweat from his brow.

・母は立ち止まっては汗をふきふき坂道を登ってきた. My mother walked up the hill, pausing from time to time to wipe the sweat from her face.

●コンクリートの壁が汗をかいている. The concrete wall is damp with condensation.

●この優勝カップは僕たちの汗と涙の結晶だ. This championship trophy is the fruit of our blood, sweat, and tears.

●炎天下私たちは汗びっしょりになって夏草を刈った. Pouring with sweat, we cut the summer weeds with the sun beating down on us.

・息子は公園から汗びっしょりになって帰ってきた. My son came back from the park drenched in perspiration.

●決勝戦は逆転につぐ逆転の, 手に汗握る試合でした. The final was a nail-biting game, with the lead changing hands time after time.

・私は手に汗握って見るサスペンスドラマより心から笑えるコメディーが好きだ. I prefer comedies where I can laugh uninhibitedly to thrillers that have me sitting on the edge of my seat.

●額に汗して働く toil; labor; 《口》 slave away 《at a task》.

・毎日額に汗して働いて貯めた金 the money I have earned by the sweat of my brow

・老人は額に汗して得た退職金をそっくり詐欺師にとられてしまった. The confidence trickster made off with the retirement money that the old man had toiled for all his life.

・政治家は額に汗して働く人々の幸せをもっと考えてほしい. We'd like politicians to think a little more about the welfare of the workers who are slaving away every day.

stern ［ill］ treatment 過酷な［残酷な］扱い

I will make no difference in my treatment of them. 彼らの扱いについて私は区別をしない

kid-glove treatment そつのない扱い.

(get) a raw ［rough］ deal 《略式》ひどい扱い(を受ける)

a fair ［square］ deal 公平な扱い.

▲make a kid of him 彼を子供扱いする

I can't operate the computer， but I know about how to do it ［how it should be done］. コンピュータは扱えませんが， 扱い方は(知識として)知っています

get a fair ［good］ shake 《米略式》公平な扱いを受ける

She has a way with a child. 彼女は子供の扱いに慣れている

My sister is wonderful ［《略式》terrific］ with kids. 姉は子供の扱いが上手だ

suffer wrongs 不当な扱いを受ける

●公平[不公平]な扱い a fair [an unfair] deal; even-handed [unfair] treatment

・正当[不当]な扱い just [unjust] treatment

・不当な扱いを受ける get a raw deal

・有利[不利]な扱い favorable [unfavorable] treatment.

●あの店は商品の扱いが乱暴[ていねい]だ. That shop handles the merchandise pretty roughly [very carefully].

・この新聞はスポーツ記事の扱いが小さい. This newspaper doesn't have much sports coverage. | This paper's sports coverage is pretty limited.

・他人の子は扱いが難しい. It's hard to know how to deal with other people's kids.

・野生の馬は扱いが難しい. Wild horses are hard to manage.

●マスコミは彼を犯人[スター]扱いにした. The mass media treated him as the criminal [a star].

・私を病人[子供, 老人]扱いにしないでください. Don't treat me like an invalid [a child, a senior citizen].

・政治家を特別扱いにしないでほしい. I don't want politicians to be given special treatment.

●そのホテルで, 私は社長と同じ扱いを受けた. I was given the same treatment by the hotel as they gave the president.

・彼はその土地でよそ者としてひどい扱いを受けた. He was treated very badly in that area as being an outsider.

●この旅行は出張扱いで処理してください. Can you treat this trip as company business?

●こういう国際問題は扱いに困る. International problems like these are difficult to handle.

●相撲協会[球団]はその力士[選手]のけがを公傷扱いとした. The Sumo Association [The baseball club] treated the wrestler's [player's] injury as a work-related injury.

・当方への寄付は免税扱いとなります. Donations to our organization are tax-exempt.

●女性[子供, 動物]の扱い方を心得ている have a way with women [children, animals]; be good (at dealing) with women [children, animals]

・自分は人の扱い方がへたではないかと感じていた. She felt her people skills were poor.

His lecture dealt with air pollution. 彼の講演は大気汚染を扱ったものであった

We will have to deal with this matter immediately. 我々は直ちにこの問題を扱わねばならないだろう.

Her report covers air pollution thoroughly. 彼女の論文は大気汚染全体を取り扱っている.

treat a new car with care 新車を大事に扱う

treat a question under three heads 問題を3項目に分けて取り扱う.

He couldn't manage his new PC. 彼は新しいパソコンをうまく扱えなかった.

See how they handle the machine. 機械の扱い方を見ておきなさい.

This matter， though trivial， is not to be trifled with. この問題はささいなことだがいい加減に扱ってはならない.

▲approach the subject in a practical way 実際面からその問題を取り扱う

This book only goes down to World War II. この本は第二次大戦までしか扱っていない

It is a matter for a doctor. それは医者が扱う問題だ

scratch the surface 《やや略式 》［通例否定文で］ 表面的に扱う

treat animals kindly 動物を優しく扱う

She was treated as a state guest. 彼女は国賓扱いだった

treat him like dust 彼をちりあくたのように扱う.

She knew how to manage her short-tempered husband. 彼女は短気な夫の扱い方を心得ていた.

The man has been dealt with quite fairly. その男はきわめて公平に扱われてきた.

handle animals roughly 動物を手荒に扱う

I don't know how to handle children. 子供の扱い方がわからない.

▲be good with children ［horses］ 子供［馬］を扱うのがうまい

▲We sell video tapes (in that ［this］ shop). 手前どもではビデオテープを扱っています (＝That ［This］ shop sells video tapes.)

We trade in young used cars. 我々はあまり年数のたっていない中古車を扱っています.

●扱いやすい be easy to deal with [to handle]

・扱いにくい be hard to deal with [to handle]

・扱いにくい人 a person hard to deal with; an awkward [ugly] customer

・(人を)差別して扱う discriminate between 《A and B》; treat people differently, depending on who they are

・人を公平に扱う deal justly with [do justice to] sb

・人を丁重に[そっけなく]扱う treat sb politely [slightingly, in a cold way]

・人を手荒に扱う treat sb roughly [rudely]

・人を犬猫同然に扱う treat sb like a dog

・息子[娘]を大人として扱う treat one's son [daughter] as an adult

・(新聞が)そのニュースを大きく扱う play up the news; give the matter plenty of coverage.

●新聞[テレビ]がそのニュースをどの程度に扱ったか知りたい. I want to know how much the press [TV stations] played up the news. | I want to know how much coverage the press [TV stations] gave that news item.

・首相の演説は新聞紙上に大きく扱われた. The Prime Minister's speech got a big play [a big write-up] in the newspapers. | The Prime Minister's speech got wide coverage in the press.

・この絵は一時期贋作として扱われていた. This painting had for a time been treated as a fake.

・私は子供を扱うのがじょうず[好き]ではない. I'm not good with children [I don't like to deal with children].

・家族を大切に扱うのが家庭生活の基本だ. Treating one's family as important is the foundation of family life.

●(客が)扱いにくい be hard to entertain

・客をていねいに扱う receive a guest cordially [with courtesy]; entertain one's guest attentively.

●あのバーの主人は客をじょうずに扱う. The owner of that bar knows how to deal with [entertain] guests [customers].

●扱いにくい問題 a delicate matter; 《口》 a ticklish subject

・問題を軽く[慎重に, まじめに]扱う deal with [handle] a matter lightly [carefully, seriously].

●彼女はいつも素手で薬品を扱っている. She never wears protective gloves when she handles chemicals.

・その駅では航空券も扱っている. At that train station they even sell airplane tickets [sell airplane tickets, too].

・手前どもではそういう品は扱っておりません. We don't deal in [sell, carry] that sort of goods [merchandise].

・これはクラシック音楽を扱う雑誌だ. This is a magazine that specializes in classical music.

●扱いやすい easy to handle; (素材など) tractable; (機械など) workable; 〔手頃な〕 handy

・扱いにくい cumbersome; cumbrous; unwieldy; unhandy

・扱い慣れている車[包丁] a car one is used to driving [a kitchen knife one is used to handling]

・じょうずに扱う handle sth skillfully

・手荒に扱う handle sth roughly.

●こういう精巧な機械は乱暴に扱うとこわれてしまう. Such delicate instruments will not stand rough usage.

●後先に before and behind [after]; fore and aft; front and rear; in front of and behind….

●後先を見回す look before and after [in front and behind].

●彼の話は, 後先があべこべになってしまっていて, 脈絡がつかめなかった. He was explaining it to me, but the order [sequence] was all mixed up and I couldn't follow the logic.

●後先にする reverse 《the order》; invert 《the order, the position》; turn 《things》 topsy-turvy; mix up 《the order》

・話が後先になってしまった. The (sequence of events in the) story got mixed up.

・順序が後先になってしまいましたが, あらためて自己紹介させていただきます. Sorry, I should have done this first: please let me introduce myself.

●後先見ずの thoughtless; rash; reckless; heedless

・後先見ずに, 後先を考えずに, 後先の考えもなく indiscreetly; thoughtlessly; recklessly; rashly; blindly; improvidently; regardless of [without considering] the consequences; with no thought [regard] for the consequences.

●後先の考えもなく, 家を飛びだした. With no thought for the consequences, she left home [moved out, packed her bags and left].

●後先(のこと)をよく考える be provident; be prudent; look before and after; reflect on [consider] the consequences

・後先(のこと)を考えない be imprudent; be improvident; do not think of the consequences

・後先を考えずに行動する act without considering the consequences

・後先を考えてものを言う speak after due consideration; think well [carefully] before one speaks; weigh one's words

・後先を考えずにものを言う speak without thinking.

●文の後先で[から]意味を推し量る infer [deduce, figure out] what a sentence [a passage, a phrase] means from the context.

dig out the truth from conflicting evidence 矛盾する証拠から事実を洗い出す

The police identified the criminal. 警察は犯人を洗い出した.

●発掘された土器の文様をていねいに洗い出した. I carefully washed the clay vessel that had been dug up, to reveal the pattern. | Careful washing revealed the pattern [figure] on the earthenware vessel that had been excavated.

・砂をかぶった道路の白線が激しい夕立ちで洗い出された. The white lines (on the road), which had been covered with sand, were exposed when a late afternoon shower washed the sand away. | A shower washed the covering of sand from the white lines (on the road).

●警察は発見された死体の身元を洗い出した. A police investigation revealed the identity of the body that had been discovered.

・何が原因だったのか問題点を洗い出さなければならない. We must root out the problems that caused it. | It is necessary to sift through the problems that led to this incident.

a tentative plan 試案.

His proposal was reckoned (as) feasible. 彼の案はものになりそうだと判断された.

▲The proposition is not overly exciting to me. その案はあまり感心しない.

●案が浮かんだ. She came up with a plan.

・いい案が私に浮かんだ. An ingenious plan occurred to me.

・案が委員会を通った. The proposal passed [went through] the committee.

・奇抜な案がいろいろ飛びだした. A variety of wild [original, singular] ideas [proposals] came out [were flying across the table, were flying around the room].

●案を出す make a proposal; advance a suggestion

・案を採択する adopt a proposal

・案を撤回する withdraw a proposal

・何かいい案を考えてほしい. Can you come up with some good proposal [ideas, plan, suggestion]? <▲> idea は some のあとでは複数形が自然

・案を立てる make [draft] a plan; formulate a plan; map out a plan; form a project in one's head; work out [devise] a program; frame [devise] a scheme; plan 《for…》

・案を練る work on [carefully consider, polish] a plan

・案を述べる give [state, voice] one's opinion.

●輸送を業者に委託するというのも一案だ. Entrusting the transport (of it) to the trader [dealer] is also a good [splendid] idea. [⇒ いちあん]

●案を作る prepare [frame] a draft.

●案を提出する present [submit] a bill 《to the Diet》.

●案に相違して contrary to ( one's) expectations; unexpectedly

・案に相違した結果となった. It turned out differently from what I expected. | The outcome was quite unexpected.

●案の定 ⇒ あんのじょう

・案のごとく, 案にたがわず as one expected; as (was) expected; as might have been expected; sure enough.

●税法改正案 a bill for amending the tax law; a proposed amendment to the tax law.

●国会決議案を採択する adopt a Diet resolution.

●庵を結ぶ[構える] build oneself a hermitage.

●あんにくるむ, あんでくるむ wrap in sweet bean paste; wrap sweet bean paste around 《 sth》.

●あんの入っている stuffed [filled] with bean jam.

●あんを入れる[くるむ] stuff [cover] 《a cake》 with bean jam

・あんを包む wrap around some sweet bean paste.

●彼に十分事情を言い含めておいた. I gave him [made him acquainted with] all the details. | 《口》 I put him fully in the know.

・今夜は決して酒を飲まないように言い含めておいた. I warned him (in advance) to stay completely off the alcohol tonight. | I told him (ahead of time) that he absolutely mustn't drink tonight.

a doubtful phrase あいまいな言い回し

●英語特有の言い回し a special [characteristic, very] English idiom; a way of putting things which is characteristic of [unique to] English

・もってまわった言い回し a roundabout way of saying [expressing, putting] sth

・うまい言い回し a clever [a happy, a skillful, an apt, 《文》 a felicitous] (turn of) phrase; a clever [beautiful] way of saying [expressing, putting] sth

・「この部分をどうお考えになりますか」「実にうまい言い回しですね」 “What do you think of this part?”―“Oh, it's beautifully put [you've said it beautifully].”

・しゃれた言い回し an elegant way of saying [expressing, putting] sth; a stylish phrase

・慎重な言い回し a guarded [cautious, non-committal] way of expressing oneself; 《use》 careful [non-committal] wording; expressing oneself [putting sth] carefully

・慎重な言い回しをしたほうがいいですよ. You'd better put [express] it very carefully. | You'd better say it in guarded language [a non-committal way].

●言い回しがうまい[まずい] 〈 人が主語〉 express happily [clumsily]; 〈 事柄が主語〉 be happily [clumsily] expressed.

●首相は政治家独特の言い回しでマスコミの追及を逃れた. The Prime Minister used typical politician's language to evade persistent media inquiry.

●それは英語ではこういう言い回しになる. This is how you express [put] that in English.

・彼女のうまい言い回しにだまされてしまった. I was taken in by the clever way she put it.

●言い回しのじょうずな人 a person who is good with words [uses language well]; a person who expresses himself well

・言い回しのまずい人 a person who is clumsy with words [uses language badly]; a person who is bad at expressing himself.

●そういう言い回しは誤解されやすい. That way of saying it [sort of wording, kind of expression] is likely to be misunderstood. | If you put it like that you may cause misunderstanding.

He has very bad breath. ＝His breath smells bad. 彼は息がとても臭い

draw a deep breath 深く息を吸う

gather breath (ひと休みして)息をつく

hold one's breath 息を殺す

hold ［catch］ one's breath under water 水中で息を止める

a pause to get one's breath 息つぎのための休み

His breath smells strongly of brandy. 彼の息はひどくブランデー臭い.

get back ［recover］ one's wind 息をつく， 一息つく

have a long wind 息が長く続く.

with considerable spirit かなり意気込んで.

a plane bound for Paris パリ行きの飛行機《◆ from と相関的に用いる場合は to ： a plane bound from Paris to London パリ発ロンドン行きの飛行機》.

the 5 o'clock train for London 5時発のロンドン方面行き列車《◆「ロンドン行き」は to London》

a ticket to ［for］ Tokyo 東京行きの切符

take the 7-o'clock p. m. flight to Boston ボストン行き午後7時の便に乗る

Is this the right train to Kobe? 《列車の外で》これは神戸行きの列車ですか《◆列車内では Am I on the right train to Kobe? などと言う》.

▲Catch the Woodstock bus here. ウッドストック行きのバスにはここから乗りなさい

You'll wind up in (the) hospital if you don't drive carefully. 慎重に運転しなけりゃ病院行きだぞ

ships destined for China 中国行きの船.

●生きのよいタイ[エビ] (a) fresh tai [prawn]

・生きのよい若者 a lively young person

・生きのよいかけ声 a lively shout

・生きの悪いサバ (a) mackerel that is not fresh [has been on the shelf for a long time, is about to go bad].

●会社への行きに銀行に寄った. I stopped by the bank on my way to the office.

・私は毎日行きに帰りにその店の前を通っている. I pass that shop every day on my way to and from work [school, etc.]. | I go past [by] that shop on my daily journeys out and back.

●行きの切符だけ買った. I bought only a single ticket.

●行きは電車に乗った. I took a train on the outward journey.

・行きも帰りも歩いた. I walked there and back. | I walked both ways.

・行きは雨だった. It rained on the way there [on the outward journey].

・行きとは違う路線でも帰ってこられる. We could come back by a different route from the one we take to get there.

・行きはよいよい帰りはこわい. Getting there is easy; the way back is hard.

●息が臭い have foul [bad, offensive, strong] breath; one's breath is foul; one's breath smells

・吐く息が白く見えた. People's breaths showed up white (in the air).

●窓ガラスは人の息で曇っていた. The windowpanes were clouded with the steam of people's breaths.

●息を吸う breathe in; take a (deep) breath; draw in one's breath; inhale

・〔指示〕 息を吸って, 止めて, はい吐いて. Breathe in; hold it; now breathe out.

・急いで一息息を吸って with a rapid intake of breath

・息を吐きだす breathe out; let out a (long) breath; release one's breath; exhale

・…に息を吐き[吹き]かける breathe on…; cover…with one's breath.

●息つくひまもない scarcely have time to breathe; hardly have time to catch one's breath.

●息が長く続く have a long [good] wind; be long-winded; be sound in wind

・息が続かない have a bad [poor, short] wind; 〔歌うときなど〕 be short-winded [short of breath]; 〔事業などの〕 do not last long; thrive for only a short time

・息が荒い breathe hard; 〔病人などが〕 be short of breath

・息が苦しい have difficulty breathing; be choked [stifled, suffocated]

・息が苦しそうだった. He was breathing with difficulty. | His breathing seemed to come with difficulty.

・階段をかけのぼって息が切れた. I ran out of breath [wind] dashing up the steps. | I lost my breath [wind] rushing up the steps.

・彼女は息が切れて言葉をとぎらせた. Short of breath, she stopped talking. | She stopped talking for lack of breath.

・このまま不景気が続いたらわが社は息が切れるだろう. If the recession continues, our company will run out of wind [go out of business].

・笑いすぎて息ができなかった. I couldn't breathe for laughing. | I laughed so much I couldn't breathe.

・喘息の発作で息ができなかった. An attack of asthma made it impossible for me to breathe [cut off my breath].

・まだ息がある still have breath in one's body; (still) show signs of life

・息が絶える breathe one's last; utter one's last [dying] breath

・息が止まりそうだった. I was almost out of breath. | It seemed as if I would run out of breath [wind].

・社長同席のパーティーは息が詰まる. You can't breathe easily at a party when the boss is there. | I find it suffocating to be at a party when my boss is there.

・臭くて息が詰まりそうだった. It stank so badly that I thought I'd suffocate.

・もう 500 万円あれば息がつける. If I had five million yen more, I could breathe more easily [keep my head above water].

●まだ息のあるうちに while one still breathes; while one still has breath in one's body; while one is alive; before one dies [breathes one's last]

・息の通う間は as long as any breath [wind] is left in one; while there is still breath in one's body

・息の長い仕事 a long-sustained effort

・息の下 ⇒ いきのした

・息の根を止める 〔殺す〕 stop [cut off] sb's breath; finish sb off; 〔活動できなくする〕 cut off a lifeline; render inactive [⇒ いきのね]

・一瞬も息の抜けない日々が続いた. There were days on end when I couldn't stop for breath [to catch my breath] even for a moment.

・決勝戦は息の詰まるような熱戦だった. The tension in the final took your breath away. | The final was so tense you had to hold your breath.

●息をはずませる become short of breath [short-winded]; gasp; pant (for breath)

・息を殺す hold [catch, bate] one's breath

・息を殺して holding one's breath; with bated breath; hardly daring to breathe; in breathless suspense

・その子は息を殺して押入れに隠れていた. The child hid in the cupboard, not even daring to breathe.

・息をする[つく] breathe; respire; draw ( one's) breath; take (a) breath

・息をするのが苦しい breathe with difficulty; have difficulty (in) breathing

・ホッと息をつく 〔緊張が解けて〕 breathe (more) easily; 〔不安が消えて〕 heave a sigh of relief

・被災者たちは援助金でやっと息をついている. The aid allowed the disaster victims to get by.

・2, 3 日[少し]息をつく暇があれば if I could have a few days' [a bit of] breathing space

・犯罪の急増で警察は最近息をつくひまもない. With the sudden increase in crime, the police hardly have time to catch their breath recently.

・息を継ぐ[入れる] take a breath; gather ( one's) breath; 〔休む〕 take a breather [pause, short rest]

・息を切らす become short of breath; lose one's breath; run out of breath

・しゃべり続けて息を切らす talk oneself out of breath; talk till one runs out of breath

・馬が息を切らしていた. The horse was blown [winded].

・彼は息を切らして戻ってきた. He came back out of breath. | He returned breathless [panting, gasping for breath].

・息をひそめる bate [hold] one's breath

・息を吹き返す get one's breath back; recover ( one's) breath; come to; come (back) to life (again); come to oneself; come [be brought] round; revive from a swoon

・息を引き取る breathe one's last (breath); give up one's breath; gasp one's life away; give [yield] up the ghost; expire; die

・彼は息を引き取るところだった. He was about to breathe his last. | He was at the point of death.

・(煙を吸わないように)息を止める stop [hold, shut off] one's breath

・息を整える gather ( one's) breath; breathe steadily

・思わず息をのむ hold [catch] one's breath; gasp 《in wonder [admiration, fear, surprise]》

・息をのむような breathtaking; thrilling

・彼女はゴキブリを息を凝らして見つめていた. With strained breath [Straining her breath] she stared at the cockroach.

●それは息もつかせぬ見事な業だった. It was a feat [trick] that took one's breath away.

・この本は息もつかせぬおもしろさだ. This is a book that one reads with breathless interest.

・彼はひとつ仕事が終わると息もつかずに次の仕事に取り組んだ. He finished one job and got involved in the next one without (even) stopping for breath [to take a breath].

・彼女は息もつかずに原稿を書き上げた. She wrote her script in one go (without even pausing for breath).

・彼は注がれたビールを息もつかずに飲み干した. He drank the beer that was poured for him in one draught. | He drained his glass of beer in one go.

・私は息も絶え絶えにようやく家に帰り着いた. Panting for breath [Breathing weakly, Breathing with difficulty], I finally reached home.

●あの二人の俳優はぴったり息が合っている. Those two actors perform together in ideal harmony. | Those two actors are a natural pair.

・ふたりは最初から息がぴったりだった. They both got on [along] well (with each other) right from the beginning. | The two hit it off from the start. | They both saw eye to eye right from the beginning.

●こんなに息の合ったコンビは見たことがない. I've never seen such a well-matched [well-coordinated] couple [group, team]. | Never have I seen a couple with such close rapport.

●料理を熱いまま密封容器に入れたので息がこもった. The food was still hot when it was put into an airtight container, which (consequently) (got) steamed up. | Putting the food in while it was still hot made the container steam up.

●あの人には大臣の息がかかっている. He has the Minister's personal support. | He is backed up by the Minister. | The Minister is behind him.

●粋な男 a sophisticated man; a smart guy

・粋な女 a stylish [fashionable] woman

・粋ななりをした女 a fashionably-dressed woman; a woman dressed in style

・粋ななりをする be dressed in style; be smartly [fashionably] dressed; wear up-to-date clothes

・彼女は粋なところがある. There is something chic [elegant] about her.

・そのレストランは粋な店構えだ. The restaurant is stylishly [elegantly] laid out.

・上司の粋なはからいで窮地を脱することができた. My boss's sophisticated help got me out of difficulty. | My boss knew just what to do to solve my problem.

・あの二人を並んだ席にすわらせるとは粋なはからいだ. Seating those two together show you know what it's all about. | You knew what you were doing when you sat those two next to each other.

●江戸の粋 the spirit [sophistication] of (old) Edo culture [fashion, etc.].

●祖父は生涯粋を通した人だ. My grandfather is a sophisticated person who has been stylish [up to date with things] all his life.

●あの着物の柄, ちょっと粋ね. Isn't the design of that kimono a bit showy?

●粋に見える look stylish [smart, fashionable, up to date]

・彼女は粋に髪を結う. She does her hair with style.

●…の域に達する reach the stage of…; attain the level of…

・名人の域に達する attain [achieve] the level of a master [an expert]

・彼の演奏はまだプロの域に達していない. His performance is still not up to professional standard.

●しろうとの域を脱する pass [go beyond] the bounds [limits, confines, restrictions] of amateurism

・日本はまだサッカー後進国の域を脱していない. Japan has not yet broken into the ranks of the advanced nations at soccer.

・…の域を出ない be no better than…; remain within the bounds of…

・憶測の域を出ない be still [no more than] a matter of conjecture [speculation].

●意気があがっている be in high spirits; be elated [⇒ いきようよう]

・意気が阻喪[消沈]する droop; be in low spirits; be dispirited; lose heart [courage]. [⇒ いきしょうちん]

●社員は全員会社再建の意気に燃えた. The whole staff was full of enthusiasm regarding [fired up with enthusiasm for] the restructuring of the company.

・人生意気に感ず be moved by sb's spiritual force

・私はあの人の意気に感じた. I was affected by his strength of spirit.

●意気の盛んな high-spirited; enthusiastic; zestful

・意気の衰えた[沈んだ] dejected; depressed; despondent; dispirited.

●兵士たちは正に意気天を衝(_つ)くの観があった. The soldiers' spirits rose to the skies.

・その意気, その意気. That's the spirit! | That's the way (to do it)! | Keep it up (like that)! | 《米》 Way to go!

・その意気は壮としなければならない. We must appreciate his vigorous spirit [ardent zeal].

●敵軍は死傷者約 200 名を遺棄して逃走した. The enemy fled, leaving about 200 casualties behind.

●…行きの 《a letter》 for [to] 《France》; 《a passenger boat》 (bound) for 《Sweden》

・イギリス[ロンドン]行きの旅客機 a passenger plane for [bound for, to] England [Heathrow]; 〔行く途中の〕 a Heathrow-bound passenger plane; a passenger plane on its way to [heading for] Heathrow

・東京行きの列車 a Tokyo train; a Tokyo-bound train; a train (bound) for Tokyo

・中国行きの貨物 goods bound for China; China-bound goods; a consignment for [to] China

・東京行きの切符 a ticket for [to] Tokyo

・手荷物に…行きの札を貼る label luggage for….

●この電車はどこ行きですか. Where does this train go (to)? | Where is this train bound for?

・この列車は新潟行きです. This train is for [is bound for, goes to] Niigata. | This is the Niigata train.

・博多行きは何番線ですか. Which platform does the Hakata train [the train for Hakata] leave from?

●幾通りか a number of sorts [kinds, ways]

・答えは幾通りかありますから, よく考えて答えなさい. A number of answers are possible [The question can be answered in a number of ways], so think carefully before you answer.

・幾通りかの方法でやってみたが, どれもうまくいかなかった. I tried a variety [number] of ways of doing it, but none of them worked.

・幾通りにも in several sorts of ways; in a variety of ways

・「どうも」は幾通りにも解釈できる言葉です. The Japanese word “ dōmo” is capable of a (wide) variety of interpretations.

・そんな時の女の涙は幾通りにも解釈できる. When a woman sheds tears at a time like that it can be interpreted in a variety of ways [mean any number of things].

・幾通りもの many kinds [sorts] of…; a wide variety of…; of many descriptions; many and various

・そこへ行くには幾通りもの道筋が考えられます. I can think of any number of ways of getting there.

・幾通りものメニューをご用意してございます. We have a wide variety of menus available.

●縄文土器はその型式から幾通りに分類できますか. How many categories can the types of Jōmon pottery be divided into?

●6 人の子供を 3 人ずつに分けるには幾通りの組み合わせがありますか. How many possible ways are there of taking six children and combining them in groups of three?

●その病気の治療法は幾通りありますか. How many ways of treating that sickness are there?

・大学受験資格を得る方法は幾通りもある. There are a large number [all sorts] of ways [methods] of becoming qualified to take a university entrance examination.

・中学を卒業した後の進路は幾通りもあっていい. It is right that there should be a wide variety of options open to pupils graduating from junior high school.

What is your weight? 体重はいくらですか

What is the heat of the ice? 氷の温度はいくらですか

What is the fare from Kobe to Tokyo? 神戸から東京までの運賃はいくらですか

What is the price of this cap? この帽子はいくらですか(＝How much is this cap?)

What's your offer? (商取引などで)あなたの提示する額はいくら？

How much did you give for the car? その車はいくらしたの

How much (money) does this cost? これはいくらですか

How much rent do you pay for the apartment? アパートの家賃はいくら払っていますか

▲let a car by the hour 1時間いくらで自動車を貸す

They are paid by the job. 一仕事いくらで［仕事のでき高で］彼らは賃金を支給されている

You cannot be too careful in crossing a street. 道路の横断にはいくら注意してもしすぎることはない.

I cannot praise you enough. 君をいくらほめてもほめきれない(＝I cannot praise you too much.).

▲at (the) best いくらよくても， せいぜい

at (the) most いくら多くても， せいぜい

at any expense いくら費用がかかっても；どんなに犠牲を払っても

Money is never too plenty. 金はいくらあってもありすぎるということはない

While taking extreme care， it is nevertheless possible for errors in publication to occur. いくら注意を払っても出版の際に誤りが起りうる

He never tires of listening to classical music. 彼はクラシック音楽をいくら聞いてもあきない.

●この万年筆は当時 1 万いくらで買った高級品です. This is a very high-class fountain-pen. I paid something over \10,000 for it at the time.

●いくらでも 〔数･量･金額について〕 as many [much] as one likes; any number [amount, sum] of…

・〔寄付を集めるとき〕 いくらでも結構です. お気持ちで. Any sum is acceptable, please give as much as you feel appropriate.

・いくらで売るとは申しません. いくらでも結構です. お客さま次第で. Make me an offer and I'll sell it at any price you name. I don't have any fixed prices.

・費用はいくらでも出す. I'll pay the expenses whatever they are. | Expense is no object.

・餌は豚が欲しがるだけいくらでもやっていい. You can give the pigs as much food as they want.

●時給いくらのパートの身じゃ, あまりわがままも言えない. As a part-timer, working for so much an hour, I'm not in a position to lay down conditions [make demands].

●バス代がいくら, 宿泊代がいくら, お土産代がいくらと全部合計してごらんなさい. 旅行にどれだけかかるかわかるでしょう. Try adding up your expenses: so much for bus fares, so much for board and lodging, so much for presents, and so on. Then you'll be able to tell how much your trip will cost.

・私は明細書に, 買った個数がいくらいくら, 単価がいくらいくらと書いて報告した. For my report, I wrote out the accounts like this: “So many of this item, at such-and-such a price, and so on.”

・私は目が悪くて正札にいくらと書いてあるのか読めない. My eyesight's no good, so I can't see how much is written on the price tag [ticket].

・子供の遠足の小遣いはいくら以内と決まっていることが多い. When children go on a school trip, we're often told that they should be given no more than such-and-such a sum [some specific figure] as pocket-money.

●では君が出せるお金はいくらが限度かね. All right, then; what's the maximum amount you can put up?

●いくらで (for) how much; at what price

・いくらで売ってくれますか. How much will you let me have [sell] it for? | How much do you want for it?

・あなたはその車をいくらで買ったのですか. What did you give [pay] for that car? | What price did you buy that car for?

・あなたは 1 日いくらで働いているの. How much a [per] day are you working for?

・米国ではいまでも果物を 1 ポンドいくらとか 1 ダースいくらで売っているが, 英国では 1 キロいくらで売っているのもよく見かけるようになった. In the United States they still sell fruit by the pound or by the dozen, but in Britain it is becoming more common to see it also sold at so much [by] the kilogram.

●今この家を売ったらいくらになるだろうか. How much do you think we'd get for this house if we sold it now?

・ひと房 200 円のバナナとひと山 500 円のリンゴを買いました. 代金は合計いくらになりますか. I bought a bunch of bananas for 200 yen, and a heap of apples for 500 yen. How much did I pay altogether [in total]?

・会費はいくらにしましょうか. How much shall we make the membership fee? | What shall we set the membership fee at?

●君はいくらの筆を使っているの? How much did that writing brush you're using cost? | How much did you pay for the writing brush you're using?

・あなたたちのクラブは 1 年間いくらの予算でやっていますか. How much a year do you budget for running your club?

●そのハンドバッグいくらしました? How much did that handbag cost?

・いくら? 〔手に取って, 指さしてなど〕 How much is it [is that, are they]?

・その値段はいくらですか. How much is it? | What's the price?

・卵はいくらですか. How much are (the) eggs? | What are you asking for eggs?

・砂糖 1 キロでいくらですか. How much would [will] one kilogram of sugar be?

・ここの通行料金はいくらですか. How much is [What's] the toll on this road?

・交通費はいくらかかりますか. How much will my travel [traveling] expenses be?

・交通費としていくら出したらいいかしら. How much should I give for transportation costs?

・君の財布に今いくらある? How much have you got in your wallet at the moment?

・東京で親子 4 人, ひと月いくらあったら暮らしていけるだろうか. How much a month could a family of four live [manage] on in Tokyo?

・その目方はいくらありますか. How much does it weigh?

・ここから仙台まで距離はいくらありますか. How far is it from here to Sendai?

・あなたはこの車がいくらなら買いますか. How much would you give for this car? | How much would you buy this car for?

・これいくらだったと思う? How much do you think this was [cost]? | How much do you think I paid for this? | Guess how much this was!

・あなたはご自分の給料から所得税をいくら引かれているか知っていますか. Do you know how much income tax is deducted from your salary?

・この場合賠償金はいくらまで請求できますか. In this case, up to what figure [how much] can I claim as compensation?

・8 かける 6(の答え)はいくらですか. What is 8 times 6? | What does 8 times 6 make?

・この大きなタンクにはいくらぐらい入るの? About how much will go into this big tank? | About how much will this big tank hold?

・この刀剣はいくらぐらいの価値がありますか. What sort of value would you place on that sword? | About how much is that sword worth?

・〔競売人が付け値をうながして〕 さあ, いくら付けますか. What an I bid (for this vase)?

●彼が結婚してからまだいくらにもならない. It is only very recently that [almost no time since] he got married.

・内職は手間賃が安くてひと月働いてもいくらにもならない. The rates for piecework done at home are very low, and you can work for a month and earn [it comes to] hardly anything.

・いくらもない距離なのにパパはすぐ車を使う. Daddy uses the car, even when he's not going far at all.

・そんなふうに考える人はいくらもいない. Hardly anybody thinks [Very few people think] that way.

・ガソリンはもういくらも残っていない. There is hardly any [very little] gasoline left now.

・金はもういくらも残っていない. I've hardly any money left.

・駅まではいくらもない. The station is no distance (away) [not far off].

・出発の時間まであといくらもない. There's hardly any time left before we leave.

・ここでの商売はいくらにもなりません. We do very little [almost no] business here. | There's not much business to be done [found] around here.

・6 年生の息子は母親の私と背丈がいくらも違わないのよ. My son, who's in the 6th grade, is practically the same height as me, his mother.

・いくらも履かないうちに子供の足のほうが大きくなってしまった靴がいくつもある. We've got any number of pairs of shoes that the children's feet have outgrown when they've hardly been worn (at all).

●いくらでも 〔数･量について〕 as many [much] as one likes; any number [amount] of…; 〔金額〕 any sum; any price; 〔程度〕 to any degree [extent]

・日本人は水ならいくらでもあると思っているようだ. The Japanese seem to think that water is in unlimited supply.

・時間はいくらでもあるから, ゆっくり考えなさい. We have all the time in the world, so think it through carefully.

・そのような本は世の中にいくらでもある. You can find that sort of book anywhere. | There are any number of books of that sort around.

・君が名誉を挽回する機会はこれからいくらでもある. You'll have plenty of [no lack of] opportunities in the future to recover [retrieve] your reputation.

・あのくらいの投手ならいくらでもいる. Pitchers of his ability are quite common [《口》 a dime a dozen].

・お金さえ払えば何でもいくらでも得られる世の中だ. In the world today you can have as much as you want of anything you want if you're willing to pay for it.

・いくらでも(酒を)持ってこい, いくらでも飲んでやる. Bring as many bottles as you like; we'll empty them for you!

・話はしゃべり方次第でいくらでもおもしろくできる. Depending on how you tell it, a story can be made as amusing as you like.

・このゴムひもはいくらでも伸びる. This elastic cord will stretch almost infinitely.

●いくらもある. 〔数が〕 There are [is] any number 《of…》 | 〔量が〕 There is any amount 《of…》.

・その地位には候補者がいくらもある. There is a large number [an endless supply] of candidates for that post.

・プロ野球選手になりたくても結局なれなかった例はいくらもある. There are plenty of cases of people who wished to become professional baseball players but were unable to make the grade.

●その本ならいくら高くても欲しい. I want that book, however expensive it is. | I will pay any price to obtain the book.

・そんな仕事は(金を)いくらもらってもやりたくない. I don't want to do that job at any price [however much they pay me for it].

・いくら金を出しても幸福は買えない. No amount of money can buy happiness.

・いくら欠点があってもやはり彼は偉人である. For all his faults, he is a great man.

・いくら風が吹いても明日はぜひ出帆だ. No matter how hard the wind may blow [《文》 Let the wind blow as hard as it will], we must set sail tomorrow.

・子供のためならいくら苦労しても構わない. If it's for the sake of the children I don't care what hardships I suffer.

・勉強はいくらしてもしすぎるということはない. There's no such thing as studying too hard.

・こんな品物はいくら安くてもだれも買わない. Nobody will buy goods like these, no matter how cheap they are.

・いくら(時間が)かかっても 3 時間あれば向こうに着くだろう. At the longest it shouldn't take us more than 3 hours to get there.

・いくら遅くても 5 時には向こうに着くだろう. We should be there by 5 o'clock at the latest.

・彼ならいくら悪くても 6 位入賞は堅いだろう. I should think he's certain of sixth place, at (the very) worst.

・2 年前のパソコンだから, いくら高くても 10 万円でしか売れないだろう. しかしいくら安くても 5 万円は固いと思う. Your PC is two years old, so I doubt if you'll get more than 100,000 yen for it at best. But at worst, I reckon you can count on 50,000.

・いくら好きだからと言って人前でいちゃいちゃするのはやめて. I don't care how fond you are of him; you must stop smooching [《英》 canoodling] in public!

・いくら君が酔っていたからといってむやみに人を殴っていいわけはない. Admitting that you were under the influence of liquor, there is no excuse for striking someone without any provocation.

・彼がいくら困っていようがおれたちの知ったことではない. We don't care how much trouble he's in. It's no business of ours.

・このガラスはいくら叩こうが熱しようがびくともしない. You can hit or heat this glass as much as you like, and it won't cause the slightest damage [have the slightest effect on it].

・いくら勇者でもそれはできない. Even the bravest of men could not do that.

・いくら名人とはいえ, 間違うこともあろうさ. He may be the world's greatest expert, but he can still make mistakes.

・いくら空腹とはいえ, 泥棒はいけない. It doesn't matter how hungry one is, stealing is still wrong.

●いくらなんでもその金は受け取れない. There's no way I can (bring myself to) accept the money. | I couldn't possibly accept the money.

・いくらなんでもあんまり失敬だ. That's extremely rude, to say the least [to put it in the mildest terms].

・これが 5 万円とはいくらなんでも高すぎる. Say what you like; 50,000 yen is too expensive. | There's no way it's worth 50,000 yen for it.

Details to be arranged personally. 委細面談.

●委細構わず 〔遠慮なく〕 without hesitation [qualms]

・未到着の者がいたが議長は委細構わず開会を告げた. Several members had not yet arrived, but the chair(person) declared the meeting open anyway [regardless].

●彼女は弁護士にその子を養子にしたことについての委細を述べた. She gave the lawyer a detailed account of the circumstances surrounding her adoption of the child.

・ローマ帝国の滅亡については『世界の歴史』第 3 巻が委細を尽くしている. The third volume of The History of the World provides a convincingly thorough account of the decline of the Roman Empire.

●優遇します. 委細は面談の上. Remuneration and benefits (to be) discussed at time of interview.

・〔求人広告で〕 委細面談. Apply personally for details [particulars]. | Details to be arranged personally [by interview].

・委細は市民課の方に問い合わせてください. For detailed information please contact the Department of Civic Affairs.

・委細は後便に譲ります. The details [particulars] will be given in my next letter.

・委細は彼が心得ています. He is familiar with all (of) the details. | He has a thorough grasp of the matter [situation].

●お手紙の趣委細承知いたしました. The contents of your letter have been duly [carefully] noted.

・委細承知いたしました. The matter has my understanding in all its particulars.

・委細ごもっともです. I agree with you on all points [in all respects].

●彼のような異才の持ち主にはその会社の自由な気風が合っていた. The freedom the company offered its employees suited a man with his unique talents.

●彼は 34 歳で政界に入りそこで異才を発揮した. He entered the political arena at the age of 34, where he proceeded to shine.

・ジュリアード学校は数々の異才を国際舞台に送り出した名門校である. The Juilliard School is a prestigious institution that has produced many brilliantly talented, internationally recognized graduates.

●異彩を放つ be conspicuous; be resplendent; shine 《in society as a statesman》; cut a conspicuous [brilliant, splendid] figure; figure [stand out] prominently (among others); form a distinctive feature; stand out from others [in relief]

・彼女の自由奔放な小説は画一的な作品の多い中でひときわ異彩を放っていた. Her boldly original novels exhibit [form] a marked [notable] contrast to the ordinary run of such works.

・彼は独特のひげで異彩を放っていた. He caught our eye(s) with his distinctive(-looking) beard.

Eggs go rotten quickly in summer. 夏は卵は傷みやすい.

Some foods spoil quickly if not kept refrigerated. 冷蔵庫で保存しないとすぐ傷んでしまう食物がある.

The skin of peaches bruises easily. モモの皮は傷みやすい.

▲Milk goes sour. 牛乳が傷む

Reject all the bad oranges. 傷んだオレンジは全部捨てなさい.

The truck collision damaged the cargo. トラックの衝突で積荷が傷んだ.

The frost did not hurt the fruit. 霜で果物は傷まなかった.

▲My stockings are the worse for wear. 私の靴下はよくはいたので傷んでいる.

lament the death of a friend 友人の死を悼む

I ached all over. 体中が痛んだ.

My tooth pains. 歯が痛い.

This injection won't hurt much. この注射はあまり痛くない

Where does it hurt? どこが痛いの.

The wound smarts. 傷が痛む.

My face is tingling with cold. 寒さで顔がひりひり痛む.

▲have a pain in the back 背中が痛む.

bleed for the poor children 哀れな子供たちのために心が痛む.

▲I was much ［deeply］ affected by ［at］ the sad news. 私はその悲しい知らせにひどく心が痛んだ

It grieved her that he did not come. 彼が来なかったことで彼女の心は痛んだ

Every word stabs at me. どの言葉を聞いても心が痛む.

●友の死を悼む mourn a friend; mourn (over) the death [loss] of a friend; lament [deplore, regret] the death of a friend; grieve at [over] a friend's death [passing away]

・民衆は若くして逝(_い)った英雄を心から悼んだ. The people were profoundly grieved at the untimely death of their young hero. | The people mourned deeply the passing of a hero so young.

●触ると痛む be painful to the touch

・のどが痛む have a sore throat

・横腹が痛む have a stitch in one's side

・歯がひどく痛む have a bad pain [ache] in one's tooth; have a bad toothache

・痛む歯 an aching [a tender] tooth

・懐が痛む make a dent in one's purse

・趣旨には賛成しても自分の懐が痛むとなるとしり込みする人が多いだろう. Even if they agree with your intentions, a lot of people will hesitate when it comes to loosening their purse strings.

●寒くなってくると古傷が痛んでね. When it gets cold, my old injury [wound] feels painful.

・節々が痛む. I am aching in the joints.

・強い日差しで目が痛む. Strong sunlight makes my eyes smart.

・どこが痛みますか. Where do you feel (the) pain?

・どの歯が痛むのですか. Which tooth hurts (you)?

・ここを押すと痛みますか. Does it hurt when I press here?

・胸がきりきり痛むんです. I feel a stabbing [sharp] pain in the chest.

・胃のあたりがちくちく[刺すように]痛む. The area around my stomach tingles [prickles, feels prickly].

・頭がひどく痛む. I have a terrible headache.

・背中がひどく痛む. I have a severe pain in my back. | I have a severe backache.

・腹がしくしく痛む. I have a griping pain [gripes] in my bowels.

・膝を擦りむいたところがひりひり痛む. The scrape on my knee smarts. | The place where I scraped my knee smarts.

・傷が非常に痛んだ. The wound gave [caused] me great pain.

・うんと痛むの? Is it very painful? | Does it hurt a lot?

・そんなことをして良心は痛まないのか. Doesn't doing such a thing give you a twinge of conscience?

・その話を聞くと胸が痛む. It wrings my heart to hear the story.

●傷みやすい食品 perishable goods; perishables

・傷んだ髪 damaged hair

・傷みかけた肉 tainted [stale] meat

・傷んだ肉 spoiled meat; meat that has gone bad

・傷んだ[傷みはじめている]リンゴ an apple with a bad spot [that has started to rot]

・傷んだトマト a rotten tomato

・霜で傷んだ葉 frost-nipped[-bitten] leaves

・霜で傷んだ作物 frost-damaged crops.

●人が住まない家は傷みやすい. Houses that are unoccupied are susceptible to (general) disrepair.

・本が傷まないよう, 扱いは丁寧に. Please handle these books carefully so that they aren't damaged.

・長雨で花が傷んだ. The blossoms were ruined by the long rain.

・霜で葉が傷んでいる. The frost has nipped [touched] the leaves. | The leaves are touched with frost.

・梅雨時は食べ物が傷みやすいので注意しましょう. Food easily spoils during the rainy season, so (please) be careful.

・このコートはポケットやすそが傷んでいる. The pockets and the hem of this coat are the worse for wear.

・このオレンジは傷みかけている. These oranges are beginning to go bad.

・桃を指で押さないでください. そこから傷みはじめますから. Please do not squeeze the peaches. Where you squeeze is where they will begin to rot.

・最近の豪雨で道路はかなり傷んだ. The road was considerably damaged by the recent downpour.

strawberry jam イチゴジャム

pick strawberries イチゴを摘む.

●摘みたてのイチゴ freshly picked strawberries.

●イチゴ一粒 a (single) strawberry.

●イチゴを採る harvest strawberries

・イチゴを摘む pick strawberries

・イチゴをスプーンの背でつぶす crush [mash] strawberries with the back of a spoon

・イチゴを栽培する cultivate [grow, raise] strawberries.

●一期一会 ⇒ いちごいちえ

・一期末代 ⇒ いちごまつだい.

●あなたと楽しく過ごしたあの日を一期の思い出に, 明日は戦地にたちます. I'll set off for the front tomorrow treasuring the memory of that wonderful day we spent together as the high point of my life.

・死後はふるさとの地に葬ってほしいという彼の一期の願いは結局かなえられなかった. His last wish for them to bury him [his body] in the soil of his native land went unfulfilled [fell on deaf ears].

・一期の不覚 the biggest mistake in [of] one's life; the greatest blunder in [of] one's life.

●50 歳を一期として息を引き取った. He breathed his last at the age of fifty.

●一語一語 word for [by] word; verbatim

・母は一語一語言葉を選ぶようにその時のことを語りはじめた. My mother chose her words carefully as she started to tell me about what happened (to her) at the time.

・一語ずつ区切って発音する pronounce each word distinctly.

●彼の長たらしい回答を一語で言えば「ノー」だ. If I were to sum up his rambling answer in a word, it would be “no.”

●彼女の業績はすばらしいの一語に尽きる. Her work can [may] be summed up in a single word: brilliant.

・受粉のしくみは驚異の一語に尽きる. The process of pollination can only be described as amazing.

・「さよなら」の一語に万感の思いをこめた. She packed worlds of emotion into her simple “Goodbye.”

●彼は一語も聞き漏らすまいと耳を傾けた. He listened attentively so as not to miss a single word.

・私たちはこれまで一語も交わしたことがない. We have never exchanged so much as a word [said so much as a word to each other].

・少女は堅く口を閉ざして一語も発しなかった. The girl clamped her mouth shut and didn't utter a single word.

suspend a license 免許を一時取り消す

suspend business ［publication］営業［刊行］を一時停止する

●忍の一字 a case in which perseverance is the only solution [option]

・お前にも言い分はあるだろうが, ここは忍の一字だ. I'm sure you have objections to make, but for now you'll just have to see this through.

●一字一字 letter by letter; character by character

・墓碑銘を一字一字指でなぞる trace each character [letter] of the epitaph with one's finger

・以前は本を作るのに一字一字鉛の活字を拾ったものだ. To print books, they used to set each character [letter] separately in lead type.

・娘からの手紙を一字一字目で追ううち, 涙で読めなくなった. Tears welled up as I read carefully through my daughter's letter, preventing me from going any farther.

●祖父孝太郎の一字をもらって, 息子は孝夫と名づけた. I named my son Takao, using a different reading for one of the Chinese characters in the name of his grandfather, Kōtarō.

●句読点も一字と数え, 400 字以内であなたの経歴をまとめなさい. Sum up your career [background] in 400 characters or less, including punctuation (marks).

・段落の初めは一字分下げて書くこと. Indent the first line of each new paragraph one space.

●二次試験の準備ばかりしていたら一次で落ちてしまった. I spent so much time preparing for the follow-up exam that I failed the preliminary.

●孫引きはやめて必ず一次史料に当たるべきだ. One should always examine primary historical resources directly rather than rely upon secondhand quotation.

●この不名誉な一事をもって彼は後世に名を残すこととなった. This disgraceful incident [affair, event] caused his name to be remembered by posterity.

●この一事でも彼の素行がわかる. This one instance is enough to show his moral character. | From this single instance one may judge of his character. | This will serve as an example of his behavior in general.

●彼は一事が万事この調子だ. This is how things always go [are] with him.

・姉は自己中心的な人で, 一事が万事あの調子ですよ. Since my sister is so self-centered, that is how things always go [turn out].

・ハンコがなければも口座も開けない. 一事が万事, 日本はまさにハンコ社会である. You can't even open a bank account without a (personal) seal. That goes on everywhere; Japan is truly a “society that runs on the personal seal.”

●一時立て替える temporarily advance sb money 《for…, to do》

・一時気を失う have a fainting spell; momentarily lose consciousness

・一時意識を取り戻す momentarily [temporarily] regain consciousness.

●一時の 〔一時的な〕 temporary; momentary; passing; transient; ephemeral; casual; makeshift; stopgap

・一時の快楽 temporary pleasures

・一時の気の迷い a momentary hesitation; a moment of uncertainty; momentary confusion

・一時の思いつきが災いして彼は全資産を失った. Giving in to a passing thought brought about his complete (financial) ruin.

・一時の慰みに as a temporary diversion; for the amusement of the hour

・一時の出来心で会社の金に手を着けてしまった. He dipped his hand into the company till on the spur of the moment [impulse].

・一時の腹立ちまぎれに in a fit of temper [anger]

・3 市の合併は一時のうわさ話に終わった. Talk of merging the three cities turned out to be just a passing rumor.

・一時の衝動に駆られる be carried away by impulse

・一時の間に合わせ a stopgap (measure); a temporary expedient.

●でたらめの言い訳で一時を糊塗する temporize with a flimsy excuse.

●これだけの金があれば一時はしのげる. This sum will tide me over [help me weather] the crisis.

・一時はそれでも間に合うが…. I can make it do [do with it] for the present, but….

・曇りのち一時雨. Cloudy followed by occasional showers.

・発電所に雷が落ちて一時停電した. Our electricity was temporarily cut off when lightning hit the power plant.

・雪のために一時ダイヤが乱れましたが, 現在は平常に戻りました. Train services were temporarily disrupted because of snow but have now returned to normal.

・あの会社も一時はどうなることかと思ったが, 何とか持ち直したようだ. For a while I wondered what was going to happen to them, but they seem to have pulled through somehow.

・一時は見向きもされなかったイワシが, ここへきて健康食品として脚光を浴びている. Sardines, once not even considered worth a second glance, have recently become subject to new attention as a health food.

・一時落ち込んでいた売り上げが, 先月からようやく回復のきざしを見せはじめた. Sales, which had earlier fallen off, last month finally gave signs of recovering.

・村の人口は減りつづけ, 一時は百人を割った. The population of the village continued to shrink, at one time dropping below one hundred.

●一時の爆発的大流行 a one-time explosive fad 《of…》

・写真週刊誌の一時の人気も冷めた. Weekly photojournalistic magazines have lost a measure of their former [earlier] popularity.

・一時のような好景気はもうこれからは望めないと思う. I don't think we can ever look forward to a return of our one-time prosperity.

・彼にはもう一時のような元気は見られない. He no longer exhibits his former high spirits.

●彼女も一時は盛んなものだった. She was prosperous in her day. | She has seen better days.

●一時金 ⇒ いちじきん

・一時払い ⇒ いちじばらい.

●(工場労働者の)一時帰休制 the system of temporary release from work; 〔一時解雇〕 the layoff system. [⇒ レイオフ]

●一時帰国する return briefly to one's own country; take a short trip home

・一時帰国休暇 〔外国で働く人の〕 home leave

・一時帰国者 a person making a short return trip to his own country; a temporary returnee.

●(店舗などが)一時休業する temporarily suspend business [close 《a store》].

●商業捕鯨の一時禁止措置 a moratorium on [temporary prohibition of] commercial whaling.

●一時中止になる be temporarily suspended.

●(列車などが)一時停車する make a short [temporary] stop.

●(工場などを)一時閉鎖する temporarily close [shut down] 《a factory》.

●一時保護所 a temporary care center.

“Did you once go swimming in the new pool?”“Not once. ” 「一度は新しいプールに泳ぎに行ったかい」「一度どころじゃないよ」

I have not seen him once. ＝I have not once seen him. まだ彼に一度も会ったことがない

You're only young once. ＝You're young only once. 若い時は一度しかない《「精いっぱいやれ， 少々の失敗も気にするな」の意》.

Once would be enough. 一度で十分だろう.

this one time これ一度っきり(でいいから).

▲Mary was very definite that she had seen him before. メリーには彼に一度会ったことがあると断言できる自信があった.

Up to now John has never yet been late for school. 今までジョンはまだ一度も学校に遅刻したことがない

I have not had a cold lately. 最近は一度もかぜをひかない.

Once bit(ten)， twice shy. ((ことわざ))一度かまれると二度目からはこわがる.

●今一度 ⇒ いま¹ 5

・ただ一度 only once; once only

・弁慶が生涯にただ一度泣く場面 the scene where Benkei cries for the only time in his life

・もう一度 once again; once more; one more time

・もう一度聞くが, 本当に知らないんだな? I'll ask you one more time; do you really not know?

・もう一度だけチャンスをやろう. I'll give you just one more chance.

・年に一度 once a year; yearly; annually

・5 年に一度 once in five years; (once) every five years

・週に一度 once a week; weekly

・3 度に一度は麺類を食べないと気が済まない. If I don't have noodles once (in) every three meals, I'm not satisfied.

●一度だけ, 一度きり just once; only once; for once (in one's life); once only; once and for all; just this once

・一度だけあの男が笑うのを見た. I've only seen him smile once. | Only once have I seen him smile.

・一度だけの, 一度限りの a one-off 《payment, performance》

・「彼がぜひあんたも, って」「うーん, 一度だけなら付き合ってみてもいいけど」 “He says he'd really like you to come along, too.”―“Well, I suppose I could join you just this once.”

・その店に入ったのはその一度だけです. That was the only time I ever went into that shop.

・一度ずつ once each

・一度しか言わないからよく聞けよ. I'm going to tell you only [just this] once, so listen carefully.

・一度しかない人生, 好きなように生きようではないか. You only live once, so why not live your life as you want to?

・一度ぐらい私の言うことを聞いてくれたっていいでしょ? Surely you can listen to me just for once!

・俺が一度だってうそをついたことがあるか? Have I ever lied to you?

・一度か二度 once or twice; one or two times

・一度や二度の失敗が何だ. What's wrong with making a mistake a couple of times? | What's a couple of mistakes?

・夫の浮気に泣かされたのも一度や二度ではありません. It's not only once or twice that my husband has upset me with an affair. | This is not the first, nor even the second, time my husband has upset me by having an affair.

・一度ならず more than once; once and again; again and again; several times; repeatedly

・あの方でしたら一度ならずお越しいただいております. That person has been here more than once [several times].

・一度ならず二度までもこの私をこけにするとは, もう許せない! Making a fool of me not once, but twice! I'm not going to forgive that.

・一度も…ない not once; never; at no time

・そんなことは一度もしたことがない. I have never done [Never have I done] anything like that.

・一度も欠席せずに without a single absence; without being absent (even) once; without missing a single occasion

・彼女は一度も振り返らずに去って行った. She left without once looking back.

・生まれてこのかた, うそをついたことは一度もございません. Ever since I was born, I have never once told a lie. | Not once in my life have I lied.

・一度見たら忘れられない顔 a face you can't forget once you have seen it; an unforgettable face.

●一度で覚えるなんて天才だね. To memorize it in one go, you must be a genius.

・一生に一度でいいからカジノで豪遊してみたいものだ. Just once in my life I'd like to go on a spree at a casino.

●一度に 〔一時に〕 (all) at once; at a [one] time; 〔一挙に〕 at a stretch [sitting, stroke]; in one [a single] sitting; in one go; 〔皆一緒に〕 all together; 〔同時に〕 at the same time; simultaneously

・一度に数億の株式を動かす男 a man who moves hundreds of millions of shares at a time [in one go]

・あいつ, ラスヴェガスで一度に 50 万損したってさ. He went and lost half a million in one sitting at Las Vegas.

・一度に 2 つのことをするな. Don't try to do two things at once [a time].

・一度にいろんなこと聞かないでよ. Don't ask me about so many different things all at once.

・一度に 3 人を相手に闘って, 息も乱れないとはすごいね. Fighting three people at once [all together], without even losing your breath―that's fantastic!

・一度にいろんなことが起きて混乱してしまった. All sorts of things happened at once, and I got confused. | With so many things all happening at the same time, I got flustered.

・一度に返すのは無理なので, 分割にしてもらった. As I couldn't pay it all back at once [in one go], I arranged to do it in installments.

・その事故で彼女は両親と妹を一度に失った. In the accident, she lost both parents and her sister at one stroke.

●人生でたった一度の恋でした. He was the only love of my life. | It was the only time in my life that I fell in love.

・2 年に一度の祭り a festival held once every two years; a biennial festival

・生涯一度のぜいたく the only luxury of one's life

・結婚は一生に一度のことですよ. Marriage is for life. | Getting married is something you do only once in your life, you know.

・ね, お願い, 一生に一度のお願い! Please, please, just this once. | Please let me. I'll never ask you another favor as long as I live.

・このような事故は確率から言えば 2 万年に一度のことであります. Statistically speaking, accidents like this only happen once in 20,000 years.

●少なくとも一度は at least once; once at least

・せめて一度は親孝行の真似ごとでもしておくんだった. I wish [If only] I'd done something kind for my parents just once.

・一度は諦めたのですが, やはり進学することにしました. I gave up the idea once, but after all [in the end] I did decide to go (on) to college.

・こういうことは, だれでも一度は身に覚えがあるはず. Everyone must have the experience [a memory] of doing such things at one time (or another).

・一度は行ってみてもいい所だ. It's a place that's worth visiting once [some time].

●一度あることは二度ある. What happens once will happen again. | Misfortunes [Hardships] never [seldom] come alone [singly]. 【諺】 | Misfortunes always come in pairs. | History repeats itself. 【諺】

・一度言いだしたらなかなかきかない男だ. Once he has said something, he never goes back on it.

・一度手を出すとやめられないのが麻薬だ. A drug is something you can't give up once you've tried it.

・あんな映画, 一度見ればたくさんだ. Seeing a film like that just once is enough.

・こんなもの, 一度やり方を覚えてしまえば簡単ですよ. Once you've learned how to work a thing like this, it's easy.

・自然は一度なくしたら取り返しがつかない. Once nature has been lost, it cannot be restored.

・ぜひ一度お寄りください. Do come and see [visit] us some time. | Please drop by some time.

・奥さん, とにかく一度使ってみてください! Madam, at least give it a try!

・しつこいな. 一度言えばたくさんだ. Don't go on so. Saying it once is quite enough.

・一度縁を切った以上, お前はもうこの家の人間ではない. Now we have split up, you are no longer a member of this family.