英和和英

読み方 くらし

名詞

1

（＝生活）life; living; livelihood; subsistence; existence

用例

• 暮らしを立てる
  to live―subsist―get along―get one's living―make a living―gain one's livelihood―earn one's bread―make the pot boil―keep the pot boiling

• 彼はどうして暮らしを立てているか
  How does he live?
  How does he get his living?
  How does he gain his livelihood?
  How does he earn his bread?
• 商売をして暮らしを立てている
  He lives by his trade.
• 筆で暮らしを立てている
  He lives by the pen
  He writes for a living.
• 女は洗濯をして暮らしを立てている
  She lives by washing
  She washes for a living.
• どうかこうか暮らしを立てている
  He manages to live―rubs along somehow.
• 立派に暮らしを立てている
  He makes a good living.
• かながな暮らしを立てている
  He makes a bare living.
• かなりな暮らしをしている
  He makes a pretty good living―cracks a tidy crust.
• 未亡人は針仕事をしてささやかな暮らしを立てている
  The widow picks up a scanty livelihood by needlework.
• いくらあったら暮らしが立つか
  What can you live on?
  What can you subsist on?
  What can you get along on?
• 月百円あったら暮らしが立つ
  I can live on 100 yen a month.
• 家族が五人もあっては月百円では暮らしが立たぬ
  A family of five can not live on―subsist on―100 yen a month.
• 君は暮らしを立てるだけ取れるか
  Can you get enough to live on?
• この辺の商人は夏期中に一年間の暮らしを立てるだけ儲ける
  The tradesmen of these parts earn during the summer months enough to live on for a whole year.
• 暮らしにいくらかかるか
  What does living cost?
• 一人の暮らしに月五十円はかかる
  A man's living costs 50 yen a month.
• 暮らしのかかり
  the cost of living
• 米価の騰貴は暮らしに響く
  The appreciation of rice affects the cost of living.

2

用例

• 安楽な暮らし
  an easy life
  a comfortable life

• 安楽な暮らしをする
  to lead an easy life―live a life of ease―（何不自由無くなら）―live at one's ease―（衣食に不自由無くなら）―live in comfort
• 彼は隠居して安楽な暮らしだ
  He has retired from active life, and lives at his ease.
• 独身者は月百円あれば安楽な暮らしができる
  A bachelor can live in comfort on 100 yen a month.
• ぜいたくな暮らし
  a luxurious life―high living
• ぜいたくな暮らしをする
  to live high―live in luxury―live in clover
• 上等な暮らしをする
  to live in style
• 倹約な暮らし
  a frugal life
• 倹約な暮らしをする
  to lead a frugal life―live on sixpence a day
• 彼は非職給で倹約な暮らしをしている
  He economizes on his half-pay.
• 裕福な暮らしをする
  to live in opulence
• 身分相応の暮らしをする
  to live within one's means―conform oneself to one's fortunes 【イディオム・格言的には：】“cut one's coat according to one's cloth”
• 身分不相応の暮らしをする
  to live above one's means
• その日暮らしをする
  to live from hand to mouth
• その日暮らし
  a hand-to-mouth existence

3

（＝暮らし向き）circumstances

用例

• 彼は暮らしはどうか
  How are his circumstances?

• 暮らしは楽だ、暮らしが好い
  He is in easy circumstances―well off.
• 暮らしが悪い、暮らしに困って要る
  He is in straitened circumstances―in narrow circumstances―badly off.
• 暮らしは豊かだ
  He is in affluent circumstances―very well off.