英和和英

読み方 ぜいたく

名詞

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Luxury; extravagance:（=な） luxurious; extravagant; expensive; sumptuous

用例

• ぜいたくをする
  to indulge in luxury―be extravagant

• そんなぜいたくをしてはいかん
  You must not be so extravagant.
• 僕はぜいたくをせぬ
  I do not indulge in luxuries
  I am a man of few wants
  My needs are few.
• 少しはぜいたくをする
  I indulge in a few luxuries―indulge in a little extravagance.
• 僕はそんなぜいたくはできぬ
  I can not afford such extravagance
  I can not afford such expensive luxuries
  I can't afford it.
• 貧乏だからそんなぜいたくはできぬ
  I am too poor to afford such extravagance―too poor to afford it.
• 三井や岩崎でもそんなぜいたくはできまい
  Even the millionaires of the land could not afford such extravagance.
• ぜいたくに暮らす
  to lead a luxurious life―live in luxury―live in clover
• 食物のぜいたくする
  to live high―feed high―feed at the high table―keep a good table―keep a good house―live like a fighting cock
• ぜいたくな生活
  a luxurious life―high living
• 彼は口がぜいたくだ
  He has a pampered taste―a dainty palate.
• 贅沢家だ
  He is a high-liver―a sybarite.
• ぜいたくを尽す
  to roll in luxury―repose in the lap of luxury―live on the fat of the land―dine off plate and repose on a bed of down
• ぜいたくを尽した普請
  a sumptuous house
• 彼はぜいたく三昧に暮らしている
  He lives lapped in luxury.
• ぜいたくに育った
  He was brought up in luxury―bred in luxury.
• 金の有るに任してありとあらゆるぜいたくを仕尽した
  He made use of his wealth to indulge in every conceivable luxury.
• 彼は大儲けを当て込んでぜいたくを始めた
  He launched forth into extravagance in expectation of a good haul.
• あのぜいたくの結果身の詰まりとなるよりほかは無い
  Such extravagance can only end in ruin.
• あのぜいたくさえ止めれば安楽に暮らせるのだに
  If he would only give up his extravagant habits, he might live in comfort.
• これはぜいたくな品物だ
  This is an expensive article.

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用例

• その上望むのはぜいたくだ
  It is too much to ask for more.

• 君はぜいたくばかり言っている
  You are hard to please.
• ぜいたく言うな
  Don't ask for too much!