英和和英

読み方 たえる

他動詞

1

（＝忍ぶ、我慢する、こらえる）to endure, bear, stand （pain）; to tolerate, suffer （one's insolence）; to put up with, make shift with （poor fare）; to be patient of （control）; to contain oneself

堪えかねる→『たえかねる（堪え兼ねる）』

用例

• 艱難辛苦に堪える
  to endure hardships and privations

• この暑さには堪えられぬ
  I can't stand the heat―The heat is unbearable―unendurable―beyond endurance―past bearing―not to be borne.
• あの男の生意気は堪えられぬ
  I can not tolerate―can not suffer―his impertinence―His impertinence is intolerable―insufferable.
• さすがの僕もこの苦しさには堪え得なかった
  I could not stand the strain
  The strain was too much for me.
• 若い者は束縛を堪え得ない
  Young people can not bear restraint
  The young are impatient of restraint.
• 血の通う人間には堪えられぬ艱難だ
  The hardships are more than flesh and blood can bear.
• おかしさに堪え切れなくなってとうとう吹き出した
  I could not contain myself and burst out laughing.
• 腹が立って堪え切れずとうとう彼を殴った
  I could not stand the provocation and struck him
  I was provoked into striking him.
• 堪え得る（苦しさなど）
  endurable―bearable―strain

2

（＝支える、もちこたえる）to bear （the burden）; to stand （the strain）; to withstand （an attack）; to support （fatigue）; to hold out （a siege）; to be proof against （fire or water）

用例

• 人民がこの負担に堪えるか
  Can the people bear the burden?

• 彼の身体はよく疲労に堪える
  His constitution supports fatigue wonderfully well.
• そんな長い戦争には国力が堪えぬ
  The resources of the country can not stand the strain of such a long war
  Such a long war will be too great a strain on the country's resources.
• 日本の海軍は実戦の試験に堪えた
  The Japanese navy has stood the test of actual warfare.
• 生兵は砲火に堪えぬ
  Raw recruits can not stand fire.
• 敵は我が軍の攻撃に堪えずして退却した
  The enemy, unable to withstand our attacks, retreated
  The enemy retreated before our attacks.
• 木造の橋は列車の重量に堪えぬ
  A wooden bridge can not bear the running load of a train.
• 彼の財産はその費用に堪える
  His fortune can stand the expense
  He can afford the expense.
• 要塞は長い籠城に堪えぬ
  The fortress can not hold out a long siege.
• 火に耐える
  to be proof against fire―fireproof
• 水に耐える
  to be proof against water―waterproof
• 地震に耐える
  to be proof against earthquakes―earthquake-proof
• 誘惑に堪える人は少ない
  Few people are proof against temptation
  Few people can resist temptation.

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 不幸に堪える
  to bear up under misfortune―hold up under misfortune―have fortitude under misfortune

• 船が暴風に堪える
  A ship rides out a gale―weathers a gale.
• 彼は身体が強壮なために長患に堪えた
  His strong constitution carried him through his long illness.

3

（＝任に堪える、使用に堪える）to be equal to （the task）; to be competent to （the task）; to be fit for （service）; to be good for （service）

用例

• 任に堪える
  to be equal to the task―competent to the task

• 彼は任に堪えぬ
  He is unequal to the task―（現職に堪えぬの意味なら）―He is sinking under his burden.
• あの偉人はいかなる難局にも堪える
  The great man is equal to any occasion―He will rise to the occasion―rise superior to the occasion.
• 彼はどんな職にも堪える
  He is capable of filling any post.
• 彼は年が行き過ぎているからこの職には堪えぬ
  He is too old for the post.
• 彼は老朽用に堪えず
  He is old and unfit for service―too old for service.
• 彼は老耄劇務に堪えぬ
  He is in his dotage, and unfit for a busy office.
• この重任に堪える人があるか
  Is any one fit for this responsible post?
• （君は病後で）旅行に堪えるか
  Are you equal to the journey?
• 彼は病気上がりで歩行に堪えぬ
  He has just recovered from an illness, and can not walk.
• この船はまだ任務に堪える
  The ship is still fit for service.
• この船は古くて使用に堪えぬ
  The ship is old and unfit for service―too old for service.
• この家はまだ使用に堪える
  The house is still fit for use.
• この馬は五年間の使用に堪える
  The horse is good for five years' service.

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 船は航海に堪える、航海に堪えぬ
  The ship is seaworthy―unseaworthy.

• 六カ月の航海に堪える
  She can keep the sea for six months.

4

何々に堪えず、憤慨に堪えず、汗顔に堪えず→『たえず（堪えず）』

読み方 たえる

他動詞

1

（＝忍ぶ、我慢する、こらえる）to endure, bear, stand （pain）; to tolerate, suffer （one's insolence）; to put up with, make shift with （poor fare）; to be patient of （control）; to contain oneself

堪えかねる→『たえかねる（堪え兼ねる）』

用例

• 艱難辛苦に堪える
  to endure hardships and privations

• この暑さには堪えられぬ
  I can't stand the heat―The heat is unbearable―unendurable―beyond endurance―past bearing―not to be borne.
• あの男の生意気は堪えられぬ
  I can not tolerate―can not suffer―his impertinence―His impertinence is intolerable―insufferable.
• さすがの僕もこの苦しさには堪え得なかった
  I could not stand the strain
  The strain was too much for me.
• 若い者は束縛を堪え得ない
  Young people can not bear restraint
  The young are impatient of restraint.
• 血の通う人間には堪えられぬ艱難だ
  The hardships are more than flesh and blood can bear.
• おかしさに堪え切れなくなってとうとう吹き出した
  I could not contain myself and burst out laughing.
• 腹が立って堪え切れずとうとう彼を殴った
  I could not stand the provocation and struck him
  I was provoked into striking him.
• 堪え得る（苦しさなど）
  endurable―bearable―strain

2

（＝支える、もちこたえる）to bear （the burden）; to stand （the strain）; to withstand （an attack）; to support （fatigue）; to hold out （a siege）; to be proof against （fire or water）

用例

• 人民がこの負担に堪えるか
  Can the people bear the burden?

• 彼の身体はよく疲労に堪える
  His constitution supports fatigue wonderfully well.
• そんな長い戦争には国力が堪えぬ
  The resources of the country can not stand the strain of such a long war
  Such a long war will be too great a strain on the country's resources.
• 日本の海軍は実戦の試験に堪えた
  The Japanese navy has stood the test of actual warfare.
• 生兵は砲火に堪えぬ
  Raw recruits can not stand fire.
• 敵は我が軍の攻撃に堪えずして退却した
  The enemy, unable to withstand our attacks, retreated
  The enemy retreated before our attacks.
• 木造の橋は列車の重量に堪えぬ
  A wooden bridge can not bear the running load of a train.
• 彼の財産はその費用に堪える
  His fortune can stand the expense
  He can afford the expense.
• 要塞は長い籠城に堪えぬ
  The fortress can not hold out a long siege.
• 火に耐える
  to be proof against fire―fireproof
• 水に耐える
  to be proof against water―waterproof
• 地震に耐える
  to be proof against earthquakes―earthquake-proof
• 誘惑に堪える人は少ない
  Few people are proof against temptation
  Few people can resist temptation.

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 不幸に堪える
  to bear up under misfortune―hold up under misfortune―have fortitude under misfortune

• 船が暴風に堪える
  A ship rides out a gale―weathers a gale.
• 彼は身体が強壮なために長患に堪えた
  His strong constitution carried him through his long illness.

3

（＝任に堪える、使用に堪える）to be equal to （the task）; to be competent to （the task）; to be fit for （service）; to be good for （service）

用例

• 任に堪える
  to be equal to the task―competent to the task

• 彼は任に堪えぬ
  He is unequal to the task―（現職に堪えぬの意味なら）―He is sinking under his burden.
• あの偉人はいかなる難局にも堪える
  The great man is equal to any occasion―He will rise to the occasion―rise superior to the occasion.
• 彼はどんな職にも堪える
  He is capable of filling any post.
• 彼は年が行き過ぎているからこの職には堪えぬ
  He is too old for the post.
• 彼は老朽用に堪えず
  He is old and unfit for service―too old for service.
• 彼は老耄劇務に堪えぬ
  He is in his dotage, and unfit for a busy office.
• この重任に堪える人があるか
  Is any one fit for this responsible post?
• （君は病後で）旅行に堪えるか
  Are you equal to the journey?
• 彼は病気上がりで歩行に堪えぬ
  He has just recovered from an illness, and can not walk.
• この船はまだ任務に堪える
  The ship is still fit for service.
• この船は古くて使用に堪えぬ
  The ship is old and unfit for service―too old for service.
• この家はまだ使用に堪える
  The house is still fit for use.
• この馬は五年間の使用に堪える
  The horse is good for five years' service.

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 船は航海に堪える、航海に堪えぬ
  The ship is seaworthy―unseaworthy.

• 六カ月の航海に堪える
  She can keep the sea for six months.

4

何々に堪えず、憤慨に堪えず、汗顔に堪えず→『たえず（堪えず）』

読み方 たえる

自動詞

1

To become extinct; to die out; to run out; to fail; to cease; to end; to come to an end; to be cut off

用例

• 血筋（血統）が絶えた
  The family is extinct
  The family has died out.

• アイヌ人は今に絶える（死に絶える）
  The Ainos are dying out―becoming extinct.
• 種が絶えた
  The seed has run out.
• 水が絶える
  Water fails.
• 交通が絶える
  Communication is cut off
  Traffic is interrupted.
• 供給が絶える
  The supply is cut off.
• 交通が絶えた
  Our correspondence has ceased―come to an end.
• 話が絶える
  The talk dies.

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 彼とは久しく音信が絶えている
  I have not heard from him for a long time.

• 望みが絶える
  One's hopes go to the ground.
• もう望みがすっかり絶えた
  My hopes are dashed to the ground
  My hopes are blighted
  My hopes are blasted
  I am in despair.
• 成功の望みが絶えた
  I despair of success.
• 全快の望みが絶えた
  His recovery is despaired of
  There is no hope of his recovery
  He is past hope of recovery
  It is all over with the invalid
  It is all up with the invalid
  He is a gone case.
• 息が絶える
  to expire―breathe one's last
• 行って見ると息が絶えるところであった
  I found him at his last gasp.
• 父が死んで学資の道が絶えた
  My father's death stopped my supply of school-expenses.
• 十時には行人の跡が絶える
  At ten o'clock, the streets are deserted.
• 道に行人の跡が絶えた
  The streets were deserted
  Not a soul was to be seen in the streets.
• この島へ行くと人跡が絶える
  There is no trace of man―no sign of human habitation―in this island.

2

用例

• 絶えぬ
  to be constant―continual―continuous―incessant―perpetual―everlasting

• あの学校は悶着が絶えぬ
  There are constant troubles in that school.
• あの家は波瀾が絶えぬ
  The family is subject to constant troubles.
• 国内騒乱絶えず
  The country is subject to constant disturbances.
• あの先生は生徒ともめ事が絶えぬ
  He has constant troubles with his students.
• 泉岳寺は参詣人が絶えぬ
  The Sengakuji is constantly visited by worshippers.
• 年中苦情が絶えぬ
  There are constant troubles from year's end to year's end.
• 人は苦労が絶えぬ
  Man is subject to constant troubles―never free from trouble.
• 彼の門は車馬の出入りが絶えぬ
  His door is constantly besieged by callers.
• 行人の跡が絶えぬ
  The traffic is continuous.
• この町は人通りが絶えぬ
  There is constant traffic―continual traffic―continuous traffic―in this street.
• 世に争いは絶えぬ
  There is incessant strife―everlasting strife―in the world―Man will never cease from strife.
• 二人の間に言い争いが絶えぬ
  There are incessant bickerings―perpetual bickerings―between the two.

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 水が絶えぬ
  Water never fails.

• 彼とはまだ文通が絶えぬ
  I still correspond with him.
• 頂上には年中雪が絶えぬ
  There is snow at the summit all the year round.
• 年中心配が絶えぬ
  I am never free from care.
• 身に故障絶えず
  He is always in some trouble or other―（身体の故障なら）―He is never quite well.
• あの人は悪い噂が絶えぬ
  He is always giving rise to some scandal or other.

3

絶えず→『たえず（絶えず）』