英和和英

読み方 こんき

名詞

Marriageable age:（=の） marriageable

用例

• あの人は婚期の娘がある
  He has a marriageable daughter.

• 彼女はもう婚期だ
  She is of a marriageable age.
• まだ婚期でない
  She is not yet of marriageable age.
• もう婚期を過ぎている
  She is past her marriageable age.

読み方 こんき

名詞

［化学］A radical

読み方 こんき

名詞

Perseverance; persistence; staying power; mental energy; stamina; vim

用例

• 根気が無くては何事も成功はできない
  One can not succeed in anything without perseverance―without an untiring energy.

• 彼は根気が好い
  He has stamina―indefatigable perseverance.
• 今時の若い者は根気が無い
  Modern youth are wanting in perseverance
  Young men nowadays lack staying power.
• 根気を詰める
  to persevere―persist
• 根気好く働く
  He perseveres in his work―persists in his work.
• 彼は根気好く待っている
  He perseveres in waiting―persists in waiting.
• 根気好く幾度もやってみた
  I tried again and again with persistence
  I persisted in trying.
• 彼は根気好く勉強する
  He plods away at his work―grubs away at his work―drives away at his work―pegs away at his work.
• 根気が尽きた
  My energy is exhausted.
• 彼は根気が尽きて倒れた
  He has given out.
• 根気比べする
  to see which can hold out longer―play the waiting game
• 今の戦争は根気比べだ
  Modern warfare is a waiting game.
• 根気負けする
  to be out-persevered―be the first to give in （in a waiting game）
• 根気で人を負かす
  to out-persevere a man―tire one out
• 君の根気に負けた
  I must give in to your perseverance
  You have tired me out.