英和和英

読み方 しめる

他動詞

To add up, sum up, run up, total （the figures）; to count up （the items）; to cast up （accounts）

用例

• 勘定を〆る
  to cast up accounts

• 勘定は〆て五十円になります
  The accounts total 50 yen.
• 〆ていくらになるか
  What do you make the total?
• 〆て百円
  Total 100 yen.
• 〆て百
  One hundred in all
  One hundred all told
  One hundred in the aggregate.

読み方 しめる

他動詞

1

To occupy; to hold; to take; to have

用例

• 席を占める
  to occupy a seat―hold a seat―take a seat

• 議員席を占める
  to hold a seat in the Diet
• 上席を占める
  to occupy the seat of honour―take the top-seat―sit at the top
• 誰よりも上席を占める
  to take precedence of―take rank of―take the pas of―some one
• 彼はいつも級の首席を占めている
  He is always at the top of his class.
• 地位を占める
  to occupy a position―hold a position―have a position
• 彼は好地位を占めている
  He holds a good position
  He is well placed.
• 顧問官の地位を占めている
  He holds the place of adviser.
• 顔役の地位を占めている
  He holds the place of leader of his set.
• 地の利を占める
  to occupy an advantageous position―hold vantage-ground
• 日本の海軍は世界で第三位を占めている
  The Japanese navy holds the third place―stands third on the list―Japan, as a naval power, takes the third place in the world―ranks third in the world.
• 英国は海軍国中で第一位を占めている
  England holds the first place among the naval powers
  England stands first on the list of naval powers
  England is at the head of naval powers.

2

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用例

• 彼の名は筆頭第一を占めている
  His name heads the list―leads the rest.

• 社会に地歩を占める
  to gain a footing―get a footing―obtain a footing―in society
• 利を占める
  to make a profit―realize a profit―reap profits
• 彼はこの事業で巨利を占めた
  He realized an enormous profit by the enterprise.
• 政友会は議会で多数を占めている
  The Seiyukai commands a majority in the House.
• 始め陸海軍は薩長が多数を占めていた
  At first, men of Satsuma and Choshu extraction predominated （over the rest） in the army and navy.
• 支那貿易の大部分は日本人が占めている
  A great part of Chinese trade is in the hands of Japanese―in Japanese hands.
• 彼の所有地はその郡の大部分を占めている
  His estate covers the greater part of the district.
• 婦人が聴衆の大部分を占めていた
  Women formed the greater part of the audience.
• 棒給が経費の大部分を占めている
  The salaries claim the greater part of the expenditure.
• 職工に支払う賃銀は総額の五割を占めている
  Labour claims 50 percent of the total expenses.
• 味を占める
  to form a taste for anything
• 読書の味を占める
  to form a taste for reading
• 一度読書の味を占めたら止められぬ
  Once a reader, always a reader.
• 甘言の味を占める
  to drink deep of flattery

自動詞

To have got it; to be sure of one's game; to be sure of success

用例

• しめた
  I've got it.

• しめたぞ
  I am sure of my game
  I am sure of success
  I am sure of it.
• 君はもうしめたもんだ
  You are on the high road to success
  You are in a fair way to succeed
  You have the ball at your feet.

読み方 しめる

自動詞

To dampen; to become damp; to moisten; to become moist; to become humid; to become wet

用例

• 湿っている
  to be damp―moist―humid―wet

• 火薬が湿っていて発火しなかった
  The powder was damp, and did not ignite.
• 火薬が湿らぬように
  Keep the powder dry!
• 地が湿っているからこの辺は雨が降ったらしい
  It must have been raining here, for the ground is wet.
• 着物が夜露で湿っている
  My clothes are moist with the night-dew.
• 空気が湿っているから壁が乾かない
  The walls do not dry, for the air is humid.

読み方 しめる

他動詞

1

（＝閉ざす）to shut （a door）; to close （a gate）; to shut up （a house）

用例

• 戸を締めろ
  Shut the door!

• 窓を締めましょうか
  Shall I shut the window?―close the window?―let down the window?
• この戸を締めておけ
  Keep the door shut!
• 入って後を締めろ
  Come in, and shut the door after you!
• 戸をピシャンと締める
  to shut the door with a bang―bang the door―slam the door
• 門は十時に締める
  The gate is shut―The gate is closed―at ten.

2

（＝緊縮する）to tighten; to make tighter:（より）to wear （a girdle）

用例

• 帯を締める
  to tighten one's belt―（ただ帯をするの意味なら）―gird oneself―fasten one's clothes with a girdle―wear a girdle

• あの女は立派な帯を締めている
  She wears a fine girdle.
• 褌を締める
  to tighten one's loin-cloth―（奮発するの意味なら）―brace oneself―gird oneself
• 君は褌を締めているか
  Do you wear a loin-cloth?
• 褌を締めてかかる
  to brace oneself for an effort―gird oneself for an effort―gird up one's loins
• 絃を締める
  to wind up the strings―screw up the strings
• 心を締める
  to brace oneself up―screw up one's courage
• 喉を締める
  to grip one's throat―（殺せば）―strangle one―throttle one
• この襟は顎を締める
  This collar strangles me.
• 鶏を締める
  to wring a fowl's neck
• 靴が締めて足が痛む
  My shoes draw
  My shoes pinch me.
• 締める処は締め緩める処は緩める
  to be judicious

3

（＝圧搾する）to press

• 油を締める
  to press oil―express oil―extract oil―（from seed）