英和和英

読み方 おしむ

他動詞

1

（＝惜しがる）to spare （pains）; to be sparing of （oneself）; to be saving of （money）; to be frugal of （one's money）; to be chary of （praise）; to be jealous of （one's honour）; to be tender of （one's honour）; to grudge （one praise）; to reserve （oneself, etc.）

用例

• 金を惜しむ
  to be frugal of one's money―be saving of money

• 彼は金を惜しまぬ
  He is free with his money―generous with his money―liberal of his money.
• 彼は金を惜しまずにふりまく
  He lavishes money with an unsparing hand.
• 彼は金を惜しまずに施す
  He gives freely.
• 金を惜しまずに建てた家だ
  The house was built regardless of expense.
• 費用を惜しむ
  to grudge expenses
• 彼は費用を惜しまずに子どもを教育する
  He educates his children regardless of expense.
• 一文惜しみの百知らず
  “penny-wise and pound-foolish.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 労を惜しむ
  to spare pains
• 彼は労を惜しまぬ
  He spares no pains.
• 彼は労を惜しまず教える
  He spares no pains in teaching.
• 骨を惜しむ
  to spare oneself
• 彼は骨を惜しまぬ
  He is not sparing of himself.
• 彼は持ち物を惜しまず人にくれる
  He is free with his possessions―generous with his possessions―liberal of his gifts.
• 彼は惜しまず人を賞める
  He is lavish of his praises.
• 彼は人を賞めるのを惜しむ
  He is chary of praise
  He will grudge you due praise.
• 彼女は恩恵を惜しまぬ（容易に男になびく）
  She is prodigal of her favours.
• 名誉を惜しむ
  to be jealous of one's honour―be tender of one's honour
• 一紙半銭を惜しむ
  He grudges the veriest trifle.
• この仕事を君のために惜しんで置いた
  I have reserved this task for you.
• 大事を為すために我が身を惜しんで置く
  I reserve myself for some great deed.
• 惜しんで置く金
  a hoard

2

（＝愛す、貴む）to love （life）; to hold （anything） dear; to value （time）

用例

• 命を惜しむ
  I love life―hold life dear―cling to my life.

• 命を惜しまぬ者は無い
  Life is dear to everybody.
• 武士は命を惜しまぬ
  The samurai holds his life at nothing
  The samurai is willing to sacrifice his life.
• 彼らは命を惜しまず奮戦した
  They fought with their lives in their bands.
• 武士は命よりも名を惜しむ
  The samurai values honour above life.
• 命よりも金を惜しむ人がある
  Some people love money above life.
• 時を惜しむ
  to value time
• 寸陰惜しむべし
  Improve every moment!
• 惜しむべき重宝灰燼に帰す
  The precious treasure is reduced to ashes.
• 君と一夜の情けのために妾は百年の身を惜しまず
  I would sacrifice my life for one night of your love.

3

（＝残念がる、遺憾に思う）to regret （one's departure）; to lament （one's death）; to deplore （a fault）; to be sorry for （one's departure）

用例

• 名残りを惜しむ
  to regret one's departure―I am sorry you are going

• 互いに名残を惜しんで別れた
  We parted with mutual regret―with many expressions of goodwill and esteem―We parted the best of friends―on the best of terms.
• 彼の死は惜しむべし
  His death is to be regretted―regrettable―to be lamented―lamentable.
• 彼の死は惜しみてもなお余りあり
  His death is never enough to be regretted―not to be too much deplored.
• 彼の死は国家の為に惜しむべし
  He is a loss to his country
  His country could ill spare him.
• 彼の辞職は学校の為に惜しむべし
  He is a great loss to the school
  The school can ill spare such a teacher.
• 彼を惜しまぬ者は無い
  Everybody laments his death―regrets his departure.
• 彼は惜しまれて死んだ
  He died lamented by everybody.
• あの先生が去る時は皆に惜しまれた
  His departure was regretted by the whole school.
• 惜しむらくは子どもが女だ
  It is to be regretted that―It is a pity that―the child is a girl.

4

（＝嫌がる）to be unwilling, loath, reluctant （to do something）

• 二人は別れを惜しんだ
  They were unwilling to part―loath to part―reluctant to part―sorry to part.