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名詞、形容詞相当語句

Forty

用例

• 第四十
  the fortieth

• 四十番
  No.40 （number forty）
• 彼は四十代だ
  He is in his forties.
• 四十二三の人だ
  He is in his early forties.
• 四十の坂を越している
  He is past forty―gone forty―turned of forty―on the shady side of forty.
• 四十道楽は止まぬ
  “A fool at forty is a fool indeed.”【イディオム・格言的】

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副詞

1

（＝始めからしまいまで）all the time; all the while; all the way; all along:（前置詞に訳せば）through; all through; throughout

用例

• お前は始終遊んでばかりいる
  You are playing all the time.

• 電車が満員で終始立ちづめだった
  The car was full, so I kept standing all the time―all the way.
• 始めから始終そう思っていた
  I thought so all along.
• 彼は学校におった間は始終勉強した
  He worked hard all the time he was in school.
• 旅行中始終天気だった
  The weather was fine all the while I was on my journey―all through my journey.
• 彼は授業中始終話をしている
  He talks all through the lesson.
• 休暇中は始終東京に居る
  I shall stay in Tokyo through the holidays―throughout the holidays.
• 今月は始終旅行をしておった
  I have been on a journey all this month―all through the month―throughout the month.

2

（＝いつも）always; ever

用例

• 君は始終勉強しているね
  You are always at your books.

• 彼は始終洋服だ
  He is always in foreign clothes.
• 東京へ来てから始終今の処に至る
  I have lived in my present lodgings ever since I came to town.
• 親父が死んでから始終伯（叔）父の処に厄介になっている
  I have lived with my uncle ever since my father died.

3

（＝絶えず）constantly; continually; perpetually; eternally

用例

• 僕は始終人の名を忘れる
  I am constantly forgetting people's names.

• あの人は始終本を読んでいる
  He is continually reading.
• あの夫婦は始終けんかをしている
  The couple are perpetually quarrelling―eternally wrangling.
• 二人は授業中始終話し会っている
  They keep whispering to each other during the lesson.
• 始終耳にタコの寄るほど言って聞かせる
  I keep dinning in his ears.
• 始終やっていると上手になる
  If you keep at it, you will become skilful.
• 始終やらしておくとじきに慣れる
  If you keep him at it, he will soon get used to it.
• 始終御地の商況をお知らせ下さい
  Please keep me informed of the state of your market.

4

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 始終の様子を聞いた
  I have heard all about the affair.

• あれは始終の見込みの無い人だ
  He does not promise well for the future.