研究社 新和英中辞典

やく^３ 訳

(a) translation

(a) version

訳がうまい[下手である]

be a good [poor] translator

訳をつける

⇒やくす^２

韻文[散文]訳

a verse [prose] translation.

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わけ 訳

1

〈理由〉	【形式ばった表現】 (a) reason
〈原因〉	(a) cause
〈根拠〉	grounds; a ground
〈事情〉	circumstances; the case

少し訳があって

for certain reasons

on certain grounds

…の訳がない

there is no reason [【形式ばった表現】 ground] for…

there are no grounds for…

cannot 《be》

訳を話す

give (one's) reasons 《for》

tell the reason 《why…》

explain

こういう訳で

for this reason

such being the case

どういう訳で

Why…?

Why [How] is it (that)…?

On what grounds…?

What…for?

《口語》 How come…?

そういう訳なら

if that is the case

if so

どういう訳だか

for some (unknown) reason

somehow (or other)

用例

どういう訳で出席者が少ないのだろう. Why are there so few people present? そういう訳で先週は欠席させていただきました. That's why I was unable to come last week. 訳をお聞かせ願いましょう. I think I deserve an explanation from you. なぜ彼があんなに怒っているのか訳がわからない. I don't see why he is so angry. 彼はそんなに忙しい訳はない. He can't be all that busy. それじゃ腹を立てる訳だ. It's natural [It's no wonder] that he took offense.｜He had every right to be angry. 私は心配しない訳にはいかない. I cannot help being anxious. 君は甘く考えているみたいだけれど, なかなかそういう訳にはいかないよ. You are overly optimistic. Things won't turn as you expect. これ以上譲る訳にはいかない. I can't yield another inch.

2

〈意味〉	(a) meaning; a sense

訳のわからない

〈言葉などが〉 incomprehensible; unintelligible

訳のわからない事を言う

talk nonsense [rubbish]

用例

それではあなたは私をペテン師だと疑っている訳ですね. Am I to understand that you suspect me of being a swindler? うなぎは好きですよ. といって毎日食べているという訳じゃないですけれども. I like eel, not that I eat it every day.

3

〈道理〉

訳のわかった

sensible

〈人について〉 understanding

〈公平な〉 fair‐minded

訳のわからない

〈人について〉 unreasonable; stubborn; obstinate

訳のわからない事を言う

〈無理なことを言う〉 be unreasonable.

4

〈面倒〉

訳の[は]ない

⇒わけない.

斎藤和英大辞典

訳

読み方 わけ

名詞

1

（＝理由）reason; cause; ground

用例

それはどういうわけか
What is the reason?―How is that?―How do you account for that?

どういうわけで君はいつも遅刻するか
How is it―How comes it―How happens it―that you are always late for school?

どういうわけで君はあの人を知っているか
How comes it that you know him?―How came you to know him?

どういうわけで君は彼と仲が悪くなったのか
How comes it that you are on bad terms with him?―How came you to be on bad terms with him?

どういうわけで君は辞職するのか
Why do you wish to resign?―For what reason do you wish to resign?―What is your season for wishing to resign?―On what grounds do you wish to resign?―How is it that you wish to resign?

何か不平でもあるというわけなのか
Is it that you are dissatisfied with anything?

不平が有るというわけではないが任に堪えないからです
Not that I have anything to complain of, but that―but because―I am unequal to the task.

そういうわけで辞職するのです
I must resign for that reason―That is my reason for resigning―That is the reason why I must resign―That is why I must resign―Therefore I must resign.

あの人はいつも払いが後れるのはどういうわけかしら
I wonder what can be the reason for his being always behindhand with his payment―I wonder how it is that he is always behindhand with his payment.

あの人は勉強をすることはするが、どういうわけか成功しない
He does work hard, but somehow he does not succeed―I know not how it is, but he does not succeed.

僕は全力を尽しているけれどもどういうわけか彼は満足してくれない
I am doing my best, but somehow I can not satisfy him―I know not how it is, but I can not satisfy him.

僕はなにも辞職するわけが無い
Why should I resign?―There is no reason why I should resign.

なにも自分の金を使って悪いというわけはあるまい
Why should I not spend my own money?―I see no reason why I should not spend my own money.

彼がなにも立腹するわけはあるまい
Why should he be offended?―I can see no reason why he should take offence.

彼はどういうわけで立腹したかわけがわからぬ
I am at a loss to comprehend the reason why he should be offended.

そんなに金の要るわけが無い
There is no reason why he should need so much money―He can not need so much money―It is impossible that he can need so much money.

彼は金が返せないわけが無い
There is no reason why he should be unable to pay the money―He can not be unable to pay the money―He must be able to pay the money.

これには何か深いわけのあることだろう
There must be some reason for this.

そりゃおかしいね、そのわけは（?）
That's odd. What is the reason?―Explain yourself!

わけを聞く
to inquire the reason

ぜひそのわけが聞きたい
I must positively know your reason―I insist on knowing your reason.

そのわけ聞かなきゃ帰されぬ
You can not go unless you tell me your reason.

わけを糺す
to inquire into the reason

わけを言う
to state one's reason―explain one's reason

わけを言ったら承知するだろう
If I explain my reason, perhaps he will consent.

彼に聞いたらわけがわかるだろう
He will tell you why.

わけがわかった
I know the reason now.

それでわけがわかった（道理で）
That accounts for it.

それで彼の英語のうまいわけがわかった（道理で英語がうまいと思った）
That accounts for his English.

この人はなんのわけも無く僕を打ちました
He has struck me without cause―without provocation.

2

（＝道理）reason

用例

（人を相手に）わけを説く
to reason with one

わけを説いて心得違いを諭した
I reasoned with him on his error.

彼女にわけを説いて承知さした
I reasoned her into compliance.

わけを説いて心配させないようにした
I reasoned her out of her fears.

彼はわけを説くとよくわかる（聞き分けがある、理に服す）
He will listen to reason―He is quite reasonable―amenable to reason―open to conviction.

彼女はわけを説いてもわからない（聞き分けが無い、理に服さぬ）
She will not listen to reason―She is unreasonable―impervious to reason.

彼はわけがわかっている
He has good sense―He is quite sensible―He knows what's what.

わけのわかった男だ
He is a sensible fellow―a man of sense.

わけのわからない男だ
He lacks sense―He is devoid of sense.

ちっともわけのわからない奴だ
He is an idiot.

君はもう少しわけがわかっているかと思った
I gave you credit for more sense.

なるほど君はそう思うわけだ（そう思うのはもっともだ）
You have good reason to think so―You may well think so―It is quite natural that you should think so.

なるほど彼は威張るわけだ
He has good reason to be proud―He may well be proud―It is quite natural that he should be proud.

なるほど彼は成功するわけだ
It is quite natural that he should succeed―It is no wonder that he should succeed―He ought to succeed.

ずいぶん降ったから天気になっても好いわけだ
The weather ought to be fine after this long rain.

3

（＝意味）meaning; sense

用例

ここはどういうわけですか
What is the meaning of this passage?

どうぞここのわけを教えて下さい
Please explain the meaning of the passage?

この電報は少しもわけがわからない
I can't make out the meaning of this telegram―I can make no sense of this telegram―I can make nothing of this telegram―I do not know what to make of this telegram―I can not make head or tail of this telegram.

これはなんのことだかわけがわからぬ
It is quite unintelligible―incomprehensible―past my comprehension.

彼の言うことはさっぱりわけがわからぬ
I can make nothing of―don't know what to make of―can't make head or tail of―what he says―What he says is unintelligible to me―Greek to me―without rhyme or reason.

彼はわけのわからないことばかり言っている
He talks nonsense―talks jargon―talks gibberish.

あの人のわけのわからない話は聞きあきた
I am tired of his nonsensical talk―his senseless talk.

4

（＝事情）the circumstances; the case; the matter

用例

そういうわけさ
Such is the case―The case stands thus―The matter stands thus.

まあそんなわけさ
That is the state of the case―So the matter stands.

そういうわけだからご返済致しかねます
Such being the case, I can not pay you―I can not pay you under the circumstances.

そういうわけなら待って上げてもよろしい
If that is the case,―If so,―I can wait.

こういうわけさ（一通り聞いて下さい）
This is how it happened―It was this way.

そういうわけではない
Such is not the case―It is no such matter.

どうしてこんなわけになったのか
How did things come to this?

そうなるとわけが違う
That alters the case.

わけを話す
to state one's case―tell one's story

わけを話して待って貰った
I stated my case, and asked him to wait.

わけを話して一夜の宿を乞うた
I told my story, and asked for a night's lodging.

5

（＝密通）connection; improper connection

用例

彼女は隣りの主人とわけがあったそうだ
She was said to have an improper connection with her next-door neighbour.

6

〈助動詞〉Ought; must; can not

用例

彼はだいぶ儲けたから金が有るわけだ
He has made much money, so he ought to be rich.

三日も降ったからもう晴れても好いわけだ
It has been raining for three days, so it ought to clear up by this.

英語を三年もやったら話せるわけだ
If he has been studying English for three years, he must be able to speak it.

英語を始めたばかりだから話せるわけが無い
He has only just begun English, so he can not be able to speak it.

彼はまだ着くわけが無い
He can not have arrived yet.

待つわけにはいきません
I can not wait―It is impossible for me to wait.

笑わないわけにはいかない（笑わざるを得ぬ）
I can not but laugh―I can not help laughing.

7

〈その他〉

用例

それとこれとはわけが違う
That is one thing, this is another thing.

実行となるとわけが違う
If you come to practise it, that's another thing―that's another pair of shoes.

英語を使うと教えるとはわけが違う
To speak English is one thing; to teach it is quite another thing.

彼は例の三文文士とはわけが違う
He is none of your penny-a-liners.

これは本物だ、例の怪しいダイヤとはわけが違う
This is a genuine article. It is none of your flashy diamonds.

わけの無い
easy―simple

これはわけの無いことだ
This is quite easy―quite simple.

こんなわけの無いことは無い
Nothing is easier―Nothing can be simpler.

彼は師匠の上手に出たようなわけさ
He has, as it were, outdone his master.

まあ当分居候をしているようなわけさ
I am, as it were, a dependant for the time being.

（切符を）無くしたというわけではない、人に預けて忘れて来たのだ
I did not exactly lose it. I gave it to some one to hold, and forgot all about it.

彼は吝嗇というわけではない（少し違う）
He is not exactly a miser.

彼は決して吝嗇というわけではない（たいそう違う）
He is by no means a miser.

敵は決して勇気が無いというわけではない
The enemy are by no means wanting in valour.

いや決してそういうわけではない
No such thing!―Nothing of the kind!

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訳

読み方 やく

名詞

1

（＝翻訳）translation; a version:（=する） to translate （from English into Japanese）; to render, turn, do （a passage into Japanese）; to put （it in Japanese）

用例

この小説は英文を訳したのだ
This novel is translated from the English.

この本は数カ国の語に訳してある
The book has been translated into several languages.

それを日本語に訳すとどうなるか
How do you put it in Japanese?

英語には日本語に訳せない熟語がある
Some English phrases can not be translated into―rendered into―turned into―done into―Japanese.

この句を英語に訳してご覧
Translate this phrase into English―Put this phrase in English.

ざっと訳すとそんなものだ
That is a rough translation.

この言葉は猥褻で訳すことができない
The word does not bear translation.

この言葉は訳し難い
The word is hard to translate―difficult of translation.

君は訳が旨い
You are a good translator.

日本訳の聖書
a Japanese version of the Bible

2

（＝通訳）interpretation:（=する） to interpret

用例

僕の言うことを訳してくれ給え
Pease interpret for me.

JMdict

訳

読み方：わけ

（名詞）（かな表記が多い） conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

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読み方：やく

（名詞） translation; version (e.g. "English version")

JST科学技術用語日英対訳辞書

訳

reason; circumstance; cause; sense; meaning; the case

日本語WordNet(英和)

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【名詞】

1 sense

本質的な理解または能力

(a natural appreciation or ability)

a keen musical sense 鋭敏な音楽的感覚 a good sense of timing 素晴らしい時間の感覚

2 reason

論理上ある前提あるいは結論を正当化する事実

(a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion)

there is reason to believe he is lying 彼が嘘をついていると思う道理がある

3 reason

ある現象の原因の説明

(an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon)

the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly 定常状態に決して到達しなかった理由は、背圧があまりにゆっくり積み重なったからであった

4 reason, ground

信念または行動の合理的な動機

(a rational motive for a belief or action)

the reason that war was declared 宣戦布告がなされた理由 the grounds for their declaration 彼らの宣言の根拠

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訳

読み方 ワケ

state；foundation；sense；meaning

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読み方 ヤク

translate

日英固有名詞辞典

訳

日本人苗字

読み方	英語式	ヘボン式	訓令式	ワープロ式
おさ	Osa	Osa	Osa	Osa

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日本人名前

読み方	英語式	ヘボン式	訓令式	ワープロ式
つぐ	Tsugu	Tsugu	Tugu	Tugu