英和和英

読み方 そう

応答詞

Yes

• そう（?）
  Is that so?
  Indeed!
  Really!
  You don't say so!

読み方 そう

接尾形容詞

1

（＝何々らしい）likely （to do something）; ready （to do something）; in a fair way （to do something）:（動詞に訳して）to look, appear, seem （how）; to look like （something）; to promise, threaten, bid fair （to do something）

用例

• 彼は成功しそうだ
  He is likely to succeed
  He is in a fair way to succeed
  He bids fair to succeed.

• 僕は失敗しそうだ
  I am likely to fail―in danger of failing.
• そうありそうなことだ
  That is very likely
  That may well be
  It is no wonder that it should be so
  No wonder!
• それはありそうなことだ
  That is very likely to happen.
• ありそうな話だ
  It is a likely story.
• それはありそうなことだと思う
  I think it likely.
• 彼は縁談に反対したがまたありそうなことだ
  He opposed the match, and （it is） no wonder （that he should have done so）.
• 君は丈夫そうだ
  You look strong.
• 利口そうな子だ
  The child looks bright.
• あの犬は食いつきそうだ
  The dog looks like biting―looks snappish.
• この魚は新しそうだ
  The fish looks fresh.
• あの人は正直そうだ
  He seems to be honest.
• こりゃ面白そうな本だ
  The book looks interesting.
• 有りそうで無いものは金
  People will appear to be rich.
• 無さそうで有るものは借金
  People will appear to be out of debt.
• 君がするところを見るとやさしそうだ
  To see you do it, one would think it easy.
• 誰にでもできそうだ
  One would think any one could do it.
• 彼女は今にも泣き出しそうだ
  She is ready to cry.
• 彼は今にも倒れそうだ
  He is ready to drop.
• 船は今にも沈みそうだ
  She is ready to sink.
• 降りそうだ
  It looks like rain.
• 晴れそうだ
  It looks like clearing.
• 好い天気になりそうだ
  The weather promises to be fine.
• 今にも降り出しそうだ
  It threatens to rain every moment.
• 今にも降り出しそうな空
  a threatening sky
• 今日は吹きそうだ
  It threatens to blow today.
• 晴れそうな模様は無い
  There is no appearance of the weather clearing
  There is no sign of the weather clearing.
• 雨が止みそうも無い
  There is no sign of the rain stopping.
• 暴風雨が来そうだ
  There are signs of a coming storm.
• 彼は来そうな様子が無い
  There is no sign of his coming.
• 彼はなかなか金を返しそうも無い
  He seems in no hurry to pay me.
• 彼は今の地位に満足しているからなかなか止めそうもない
  He is contented with his present position, and seems in no hurry to leave.
• この事業は多大の利益が有りそうだ
  The business promises large returns.
• 今度の計画はうまくいきそうだ
  The project promises to be a success―bids fair to be a success.

〈以下特例〉

用例

• ずいぶん長く降ったから天気になりそうなものだ
  The weather ought to be fine after such a long rain.

• 今日あたりは来そうなものだ
  He ought to come today.
• 誰か来そうなものだ
  Some one ought to come.
• 金を貸してくれても好さそうなものだ
  You might lend me the money.
• 暇乞いくらいには来ても好かりそうなものだ
  He might at least have come to say good-bye.
• 好さそうな男だ
  He is a good sort of a fellow―a decent sort of a chap.
• いかにも彼の言いそうなことだ
  It is just like him to say so
  The remark is characteristic of the man.
• あの生意気の言いそうなことだ
  That is just like his impertinence.
• あの男のしそうなことだ
  It is just like him （to do so）―The action is characteristic of the man.
• 彼はさもうまそうに食う
  He eats with evident relish.
• うまそうなご馳走
  a tempting dish
  an appetizing dish
• 君は面白そうに読んでいる
  Your are reading with evident interest.
• 彼はさも満足そうに微笑した
  He smiled with evident satisfaction.
• さも嬉しそうだ
  He looks so glad.
• 嬉しそうな顔をして入ってきた
  He came in with a glad countenance.
• さも嬉しそうに眺めている
  He gloats over the sight.
• 悲しそうなふうをして窓に立っていた
  He was standing at the window with a sad air.
• 子どもが欲しそうにして店の品を眺めていた
  The child was looking at the goods displayed with longing eyes.
• 彼は吹けば倒れそうだ
  You might knock him down with a feather.
• （満堂水を打ったようで）針一本落ちても聞こえそうだ
  A pin might be heard to drop.

接尾動詞

（＝何々なる由）people say; they say; it is said; it is reported; I am told; I hear; I understand

用例

• 彼は発狂したそうだ
  People say he is mad
  He is said to be mad
  He is reported to be mad.

• 校長が辞職するそうだ
  I hear that the principal is going to resign
  The principal is going to resign, I hear
  I understand.
• 彼はたいそう金持ちなそうだ
  He is said to be very rich.
• 彼は病気なそうだ
  He is said to be ill―reported to be sick.
• そうなそうです
  So I hear
  So I understand.
• あの人はそう言ったそうだ
  He is credited with the saying.

読み方 そう

名詞

A priest:（修道僧は）a monk:（キリスト教の僧は）a clergyman

用例

• 僧の職
  priesthood

• 僧になる
  to become a priest―enter the priesthood―take the tonsure―（英国にては）―take orders

読み方 そう

他動詞

To meet （one's wishes）; to fulfil （one's hopes）; to justify （one's confidence）; to come up to （one's expectations）; to be equal to （one's desire）

用例

• これならお望みに副うだろうと思う
  I hope this article will meet your wishes.

• どうかあなたの所期に副うようにしたいものです
  I wish I could meet your expectations―fulfil your expectations―come up to your expectations.
• 結果は期待に副わぬ
  The result does not come up to my expectations
  The result falls short of my expectations.
• 実は名に副わぬ
  The reality falls short of the fame.
• ご信任に副わんことを期す
  I hope I shall justify your confidence in me.
• 運は慾望に副うものでない
  Fortune is never equal to our desires.

読み方 そう

名詞

A pair; a couple:（=の） both

用例

• 一双の屏風
  a pair of screens

• 双の腕
  both arms
• 双手
  both hands

読み方 そう

名詞

The prime of manhood:（形容詞に用いれば）active; vigorous:（より）grand; magnificent

用例

• 何を壮とする
  to approve of―applaud―anything

• その志を壮として餞別を贈った
  I approved of his design, and made him a parting present.
• その挙を壮として千円寄付した
  I applauded the project, and gave 1,000 yen towards the expenses.

読み方 そう

名詞

1

（＝かさなり）a layer:（地の層）a stratum（複数―strata）:（薄い層）a seam:（岩石の層）a formation:（石炭の層）a bed:（空中、海中などの層）a region:（煉瓦の層）a course

用例

• 層を成している
  to be in layers―stratified

• 石炭層
  a coal-bed

2

（＝階）a story

• 三層楼
  a three-storied building

3

（＝階級）a class

• 下層社界
  the lower classes―the masses

読み方 そう

副詞

So; so much; as much

そういう→『そういう（そういう）』

用例

• そうです（仰せの通り）
  So it is―Such is the case―You are right―（相手の言葉次第で）―So I am―So you are―So he is.

• 僕もそうです
  So am I
  The same is the case with me.
• 君もやはりそうだ
  So are you
  The same is the case with you.
• 俺が馬鹿ならお前もそうだ
  If I am a fool, so are you―you are another.
• あの男はいつもそうだ
  That is always the case with that man.
• そうですか
  Is that so?―Is that the case?―（相手の言葉次第で）―Am I?―Are you?―Is he?
• 本当にそうか（冗談じゃないか）
  Really!
  Indeed!
  You don't say so!
  Are you in earnest?
• 本当にそうです（冗談じゃない）
  I mean what I say.
• そうでない
  It is not so―It is otherwise―That is not the case―（相手の言葉次第で）―No, I am not―No, you are not―No, he is not.
• そうだとも
  Indeed, it is
  Yes, indeed!
• そうでないとも
  Indeed, it is not
  No, indeed!
• そうともさ
  So it is, to be sure.
• そうでしょう
  I think so―（好いことなら）―I hope so―（悪いことなら）―I fear so―I am afraid so.
• そうでないでしょう
  I think not―（悪いことを打消せば）―I hope not―（好いことを打消せば）―I fear not―I am afraid not.
• そうでしょう（?）
  Isn't that so?―（自分の前に言ったこと次第で）―am I not?―are you not?―is it not?
• そうでしょうって、そうだろうとも
  I shouldn't be surprised （if it were so）―That may well be.
• ああそうだ、彼に違いない
  Yes, it must be he.
• そうそう、すっかり忘れておった
  Yes, I had forgotten all about it.
• もしそうなら金を出してもよい
  If so,
  If that is the case,
  In that case,
  Then,
  I am willing to give something.
• もしそうでなけりゃ金を出すのはいやだ
  If not so,
  Otherwise,
  I will not give the money.
• そうならそうでよし
  Be it so!
• （病人ですか）そうさね、そうですね、まあ好い方でしょうね
  Well, he is better, I should think.
• そうだろうと思った
  I thought so
  I thought as much.
• そうでなかろうと思う
  I do not think so
  I think otherwise.
• そうしか思われん
  I can not but think so
  It must be so.
• そうならよいが
  I wish it were so.
• そうでなけりゃよいが
  I wish it would not be so
  I wish it would be otherwise.
• 彼は無事でいるだろう、別にそうでないようなことも聞かないから
  He must be well, for I hear nothing to the contrary.
• 君はなにかそうでないようなことを知っているのか
  Do you know anything to the contrary?
• それもそうだ
  That's true
  There is something in that.
• そりゃーそうさ
  There is no doubt about it.
• それはそうと君はなぜ学校を止めたかね
  By the bye, why have you quitted teaching?
• それはそうとしていま一つ問題がある
  Apart from that,―Setting apart that matter,―there is still another consideration.
• いかにもそうありそうなことだ
  That is very likely
  That may well be
  It is no wonder that it should be so
  No wonder!
• 誰がそう言ったか
  Who said so?
  Who is responsible for the statement?
• 彼はそう言うのを聞きました
  I have heard him say so.
• そう言って下さるのはあなたばかり
  It is kind of you to say so.
• 彼はそうだと言った
  He said it was so―（どこまでもそうだと主張した）―He asserted it to be so―asserted the fact―（なるほどそうだと言った）―He admitted the fact.
• 彼はそうでないと言った
  He said it was not so―denied it to be so―denied the fact.
• そう言えば僕だって同じことだ
  I am the same, for that matter.
• そうばかりは言えぬ
  It is not always so
  It may or may not be so
  That depends on circumstances.
• そうかと言って毎日来られては困る
  It would, however, be awkward to have him come every day.
• そう申してはなんですがあなたのが一番です
  If I might give an opinion, I should say yours were the best of all
  Yours is under favour, the best of all.
• そうするのがよい
  You will do well to do so
  You had better do so.
• そうするよりほかは無い
  I can not but do so
  I can not choose but do so
  I have no choice but to do so
  There is nothing for it but to do so
  I must do so.
• もっと勉強なさいそうしないと落第するよ
  Work harder, or―else―or else―otherwise―you will fail.
• そうすると今度は僕の番かね
  Then it is my turn next, is it?
• そうすれば君は試験を受けることは無いのだ
  Then you would not have to be examined.
• おいでの節はお知らせ下さいそうすれば宅に居るようにしますから
  Let me know when you are coming, so that I may be at home.
• （百円）そうは出ない
  It did not cost so much
  I did not give so much.
• （千円になる）そうなるかね
  Do you make it so much?
• どうしてそうなったかね
  How do you make it so much?
• そうも取れる
  It may be interpreted in that way.
• Plato は霊魂は不滅だと言ったが僕もそう信ずる
  I believe with Plato that the soul is immortal.
• そう好くはないね
  It is not very good（not so good―とは言わず）.
• そうはいかん
  Impossible!
• そうはいくまい
  That must be impossible.
• どっこい、そうはいかぬ（そううまくは鳥賊の睾丸）
  Not so fast!
  There are two words to that bargain.
• 世の中はそうしたものだ
  Such is the way of the world.
• 田舎だってそうばかにしたものじゃない
  The country is not to be despised.

読み方 そう

名詞

The idea; the conception

• 文と想と一致しない
  The execution does not correspond with the conception.

読み方 そう

他動詞

To go along （the track）; to lie along （the line）; to run along （the bank）; to skirt （the coast, etc.）

用例

• 路は土手に沿っている
  The path runs along the bank.

• 町はずれに沿って鉄道がある
  A railway skirts the town.

読み方 そう

他動詞

1

（＝付き添う）to accompany, attend upon （anything）

用例

• 身に添わぬ
  to be out of keeping with one's character

• そんな地位は身に添わぬ
  The position is too good for me.
• 嬉しくて（悲しくて）魂も身に添わなかった
  I was beside myself with joy （sorrow）.

2

（＝連れ添う）to become man and wife; to marry, be married to （a man or a woman）; to match with, be matched with （a man or a woman）; to mate with, be mated with （a man or a woman）; to be united with （a man or a woman）

用例

• 思って添われぬことはない
  I will marry the man I love.

• いくら思っても添われない
  I can not marry the man I love.
• 思うに添わで思わぬに添う
  Love has nothing to do with marriage.
• お前達を添わしてやる
  I will unite you two―match you two―make you man and wife.
• あんな人はいつまで添っていても末の見込みが無い
  I shall have no chance of rising in the world if I remain united with such a man.
• 馬には乗って見よ人には添ってみよ
  “The proof of the pudding is in the eating.”【イディオム・格言的】

読み方 そう

名詞

1

（＝人相）physiognomy

用例

• 彼は剣難の相がある
  His physiognomy indicates that he will perish by the sword.

• 死相がある
  His face has the seal of death on it.
• 君は Napoleon の相がある
  You look like Napoleon.
• 君は天下を取る相がある
  You look like a man destined for the crown.
• この子は美人の相がある
  She has in her the making of a beautiful woman.

2

（＝様子）appearance; aspect

読み方 そう

形容詞相当語句

Whole; entire; total; gross; full; general

用例

• 総体
  the whole―all

• 総桐の簟笥
  a cabinet made entirely of paulownia-wood
• 総計
  the sum total
• 総益
  gross profit
• 総トン数
  gross tonnage
• 巡査の総出
  The police turn out in full force.
• 総会
  a general meeting
• 総領事
  a consul-general
• 総称
  a general term
• 総辞職
  a general resignation
• 総支配人
  a general manager

読み方 そう

助数詞

用例

• 二艘の船
  two ships

• 三艘の軍艦
  three warships

読み方 そう

名詞

The cursive style of Chinese penmanship

読み方 そう

名詞

A villa