研究社 新和英中辞典

つまる 詰まる

1

〈ふさがる〉

be blocked; be stopped up; be choked; be stuffed (up); 《英口語》 be bunged up

声を詰まらせて

in a choked [choking] voice

詰まったパイプを掃除する

clear a clogged pipe

用例

風邪で鼻が詰まっている. My nose is stuffed [bunged] up because of a cold.｜I have a stuffed‐up nose from a cold. 煙突がすすで詰まっている. The chimney is clogged [choked] (up) with soot. トイレがまた詰まった. The toilet is stuffed up again. その子供は餅をのどに詰まらせて死んでしまった. The poor child died after choking on a rice cake. その部屋は暑くて息が詰まりそうだった. The room was so hot that I felt as though I was going to suffocate.

2

〈一杯になる〉

get [【形式ばった表現】 become] full; be packed

ぎっしり字の詰まったページ

a closely printed page

ぎっしり詰まった日程

a tight [close‐packed] schedule

用例

本箱には専門書がぎっしり詰まっていた. The bookcase was crammed [filled] with technical books. 球場には観客がぎっしり詰まっていて, 座る場所などどこにもなかった. The baseball stadium was absolutely packed out, and there was nowhere to sit.

3

〈短くなる〉	get [【形式ばった表現】 become] shorter; be shortened
〈縮む〉	shrink; contract

用例

去年息子の着ていた洋服の丈がもう詰まって着られなくなった. My son has outgrown the clothes he wore last year. それは洗うと詰まる. It will shrink in the wash.

4

〈窮する〉

run short 《of food》; 《口語》 be hard up 《for money》

言葉に詰まる

be at a loss for words [what to say]

be lost [stuck] for words

用例

彼は失業中で暮らしに詰まっている. He is out of work and is really hard up now.

斎藤和英大辞典

詰まる

読み方 つまる

自動詞

1

（＝塞がる）to close; to be closed; to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be stopped up; to be filled up; to be choked; to be clogged

用例

煙管が詰まった
The pipe is choked―clogged.

下水が詰まった
The drain is choked―clogged―stopped up―filled up.

入口が詰まっている
The entrance is blocked up.

息が詰まる
to be choked―stifled―suffocated―smothered

煙で息が詰まった
I was choked with smoke―stifled by smoke―suffocated by smoke.

この室は息が詰まるようだ
This room is close―stuffy―stifling―suffocating.

風邪を引いて鼻が詰まった
I have a cold in the nose―a cold in the head.

泣きたくて喉が詰まる
to feel a lump in one's throat

気が詰まる
to feel constrained―feel oppressed

皆黙っていると気が詰まる
Silence is oppressive.

あの人の前へ出ると気が詰まる
His presence is oppressive.

座敷は気が詰まるから逃げて来た
I have escaped from the oppressive atmosphere of the drawing-room.

2

（＝満つる）to be filled; to be packed

用例

鞄はいっぱいに詰まっている
The trunk is packed full.

会場はギッシリ詰まっている
The hall is closely packed （with people）.

3

（＝縮まる）to shrink; to shorten; to become shorter

用例

ネルは詰まる
Flannel shrinks.

ネルは洗うと詰まる
Washing shrinks flannel.

命が詰まる
Life is shortened.

苦労をすると寿命が詰まる
Care shortens life―“Care preys upon life”―“Care killed the cat.”

寿命の詰まるような思いをした
I had an experience likely to shorten my natural term of existence.

そんな無理をすると寿命が詰まるぞ
You are driving a nail into your coffin―adding a nail to your coffin.

日が詰まってきた
The days are growing shorter.

秋は夜が延びて日が詰まる
In autumn, the night gains upon the day.

春は日が延びて夜が詰まる
In spring, the day gains upon the night.

この靴は爪先の処が詰まって足が痛い
These shoes pinch me at the toes.

この洋服は襟が詰まって苦しい
This coat strangles me.

4

（＝差し詰まる）to be reduced to extremity; to be driven to one's wits' end; to be driven into a corner; to be cornered; to be pressed （for money）; to be hard up （for money）; to be at a loss （for an answer）

用例

僕は金に詰まっている
I am pressed for money―hard up （for money）.

廓の金には詰まるが習い
One who frequents gay quarters will soon want for money.

人は金に詰まって悪事を働く
People commit crimes from want on money.

グッと返答に詰まって
I was at a loss for an answer―stuck for an answer.

議論に詰まる
to be driven into a corner―to be cornered

彼は議論に詰まって無茶なことを言い出した
Driven into a corner, he came roundly up to the statement that two and two may not always make four.

今度はいよいよ詰まってしまった
I am driven to my wits' end―driven to the last extremity.

身が詰まる
to be ruined―go to ruin

あんなぜいたくをすれば身が詰まるばかりだ
Such extravagance can but end in ruin.

5

（＝行き詰まる）to stand still; to come to a standstill; to come to a dead-lock; to stick; to stick fast; to break down

用例

そこまではどうやら言ったがそこで詰まってしまった
I expressed myself somehow so far, and there stuck.

彼は演説の最中に詰まってしまった
He broke down in the midst of his speech.

談判が詰まってしまった
The negotiations have come to a standstill―come to a dead-lock―The negotiations are at a standstill at a dead-lock.

JMdict

詰まる

読み方：つまる

(1)

（動詞ラ行五段活用、自動詞） to be blocked; to be packed

(2)

to hit the ball near the handle of the bat (baseball)

日英固有名詞辞典

つまる

日本人苗字

津丸、都丸

英語式	ヘボン式	訓令式	ワープロ式
Tsumaru	Tsumaru	Tumaru	Tumaru

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つまる

地名

英語 Tsumaru

津丸