英和和英

読み方 きがね

名詞

Constraint:（=する） to feel constrained; to be afraid of giving trouble; to be afraid of giving offence; to have a regard for one's feelings; to spare one's feelings

用例

• 誰でもあの人には気がねする
  Everybody feels constrained in his presence.

• あの人は気の毒なほど気がねする
  He is afraid of giving trouble―afraid of giving offence―to a painful extent.
• 給仕人に気がねしいしい飯を食っている
  He dines in constant fear of giving trouble to the waiter.
• 気がねして暮らすのはいやだ
  I don't like to live in constant fear of giving trouble.
• この家は気がねが無くて好い
  You feel no constraint―feel at home―in this house.
• あの人は気がねが無い
  He makes you feel at home
  You feel at home with him
  He puts you at your ease.
• 僕に気がねはいらない（から遠慮無く何でも言い給え）
  You need have no regard for my feelings
  You need not spare my feelings.
• 僕は彼に気がねして黙っておった
  I kept silent out of regard for his feelings―（他動詞構文にすれば）―A regard for his feelings kept me silent.
• 彼は主人に気がねして酒を飲まないのだ
  He abstains from wine out of regard for his master.
• 嫁は姑に気がねして好きな道を慎んでいる
  She refrains from her favourite amusement out of regard for her mother-in-law.
• 僕は気がねをしいしい人の家に厄介になるのはいやだ
  I do not like to impose upon the hospitality of my friends.