英和和英

読み方 おこり

名詞

Ague; the shakes

用例

• おこりを振るう
  to have a fit of ague―have the shakes

• おこりを落とす
  to cure oneself of ague

読み方 おこり

名詞

1

（＝起源）the origin; the source; the beginning; the birth; the root; the genesis

用例

• 戦争の起こりは何であったか
  What was the origin of the war?
  What did the war originate in?

• 戦争の起こりは領土の争い
  The war originated in―had its origin in―territorial dispute.
• けんかの起こりは冗談から
  The quarrel began in a joke.
• 文明の起こり
  the birth of civilization
• 万物の起こり
  the genesis of things
• 事の起こり
  the root of the matter
• 事の起こりは彼自身に在る
  He has the root of the matter in him.
• あの家の繁栄の起こりは台湾戦争からだ
  The prosperity of the family dates from the Formosan War.

2

（＝原因）to cause

用例

• 戦争の起こりは何であったか
  What was the cause of the war?
  What caused the war?

• 戦争の起こりは種々あった
  The war was due to various causes.
• 失敗の起こりは無能
  His failure was due to his incompetence
  His incompetence was the cause of his failure
  His incompetence was responsible for his failure.