英和和英

読み方 つめる

他動詞

To pinch; to nip

用例

• つめられて痣になった
  I am bruised by a pinch―pinched black and blue.

• 夢でないかと身をつめってみる
  I pinch myself to see if it is not a dream
  I can not credit the evidence of my eyes
  I doubt the evidence of my senses
  I can not realize my situation.
• 我が身をつめって人の痛さを知れ
  Judge of others' feelings by your own.
• 身をつめって思い出す
  to refresh one's memory―jog one's memory―fillip one's memory―touch up one's memory

読み方 つめる

他動詞

1

（＝填める）to pack （a trunk―a trunk with goods―goods in a trunk）; to fill （a cavity―a bottle with wine）; to stuff （a fowl with vegetables）; to cram （a room with people）

用例

• 鞄に詰める
  to pack a trunk

• 鞄に着物を詰める
  to pack a trunk with clothes―pack clothes in a trunk
• 穴を填める
  to fill in a hole―plug a cavity
• 歯の穴を填める
  to plug a tooth―fill a tooth―stop a tooth
• 瓶に酒を詰める
  to fill a bottle with wine―bottle wine
• 缶に詰める
  to can food―（は米、英は）―tin food―（一般には）―pack food
• タバコを詰める
  to fill a pipe―replenish a pipe
• 耳に綿を詰める
  to stuff one's ears with cotton
• 室内に人を詰まるだけ詰めてみる
  to pack the room―cram the room―as full as possible

2

（＝縮める）to shorten; to make shorter; to reduce; to condense; to abridge

用例

• 長ければ詰めろ
  If it is too long, make it shorter.

• 文を詰める
  to abridge a composition―（文法では）―condense a sentence
• 修業年限を詰める
  to reduce the term of study
• 帆を詰める
  to shorten sail―take in sail
• 着物を詰める
  to take in a garment
• このズボンを一インチ詰めて下さい
  Please take in these trousers by an inch.
• 費用を詰める（切り詰める）
  to reduce the expenditure―curtail the expenses―retrench the expenses―cut down the expenses―draw in the expenses
• 少し暮らしを詰めなければならぬ
  I must retrench my living a little.
• あんな思いをすると寿命を詰める
  Such an experience will shorten one's natural term of existence.
• 苦労をすると命を詰める
  Care shortens life
  “Care preys on life”【イディオム・格言的】
  “Care killed the cat.”【イディオム・格言的】
• そんな無理をすると命を詰めるぞ
  You are driving a nail in your coffin―adding a nail to your coffin.
• お前は俺にそんな苦労をかけて親の寿命を詰める奴だ
  You will bring your father's gray hairs to the grave.

3

（＝詰め寄せる）to place （thing） close or closer:（人なら）to sit close or closer

用例

• 机をもっと詰めればまだ入る
  If you place the desks closeer, there will be room for more.

• 詰めて書けば一枚に書き切れる
  If you write close, you can write all on one sheet.
• この本は詰めて印刷してある
  The book is closely printed.
• 少しお詰め下さいませんか
  Will you please sit closer （and make room）?
• （電車の車掌が）どうぞ中ほどへお詰め下さい
  Please stand closer!

4

（＝煮詰める）to boil down

• 薬を半分に詰めてお上がりなさい
  Boil down the medicine to a half before taking it.

5

（＝迫る）to urge; to press

用例

• 論じ詰める
  to urge an argument―press an argument home―drive an argument home

• 問い詰める
  to press a question home―drive a question home

6

（＝王手詰めにする）to checkmate; to smother

• 王を詰める
  to checkmate the king―check the king―mate the king―smother the king

7

（＝役所などに勤める）to attend （one's office）

• 皆いつもの通り詰めております
  Everybody is in attendance―on duty―at his post―as usual.

8

（＝何々し詰める、続ける）to keep （doing something）

• 子どもが一晩泣き詰めだった
  The child kept crying all night.

9

（＝何々し詰める、尽す）to come to the end of （anything）

• この通りを行き詰めると門がある
  When you come to the end of this street, you will see a gate.