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1

（＝達する）to reach （an object） :（どこまで届く）to reach to （a place） :（ようやく届く）to touch （anything） ; to get at （anything）

用例

• 弾が的に届いた
  The shot reached the mark.

• 的に届かない
  It failed to reach the mark―fell short of the mark.
• その梯子は天まで届いた
  The ladder reached to Heaven.
• 天井へやっと手が届く
  I can just touch the ceiling.
• 手の届くところにある、手の届かぬところにある
  to be within one's reach―out of one's reach
• 手の届く花は無い
  There are no flowers within my reach.
• 花はあっても手が届かぬ
  The flowers are out of my reach.
• もう五十に手が届く
  He is close upon fifty.
• かゆいところへに手が届かないようだ
  I can not get at the exact meaning―can not come at the exact truth.
• 先生の説明はかゆいところへ手が届くようだ
  His explanations are to the point.
• 彼女はかゆいところへ手の届くような世話ぶりだ
  She anticipates your wants.
• 敵は弾の届く所にいる、弾の届かない所にいる
  The enemy is within range―out of range.
• 敵艦は大砲の届くところへ来た
  The enemy ships came within range of the gun.
• 敵艦は大砲の届かないところへ行ってしまった
  The enemy ships passed out of range of our guns.
• 彼女の髪は立っていて下に届くほど長い
  Her hair is so long as to sweep the floor.
• その竿は短いからお月様に届かない
  The pole is too short to reach the moon.
• 爪立ってやっと届く窓だ
  You can just reach the window on tiptoe.
• 梯子を掛けなけりゃ届かない
  You can not get at it without a ladder.
• 外套は膝の下まで届く
  The overcoat reaches below the knees.

2

（＝到達する）to reach （its destination） :（当方へ届く）to arrive; to reach （one） ; to come to hand

用例

• 手紙が届いたろうか
  Do you think the letter has reached its destination?

• 住所が間違っていたから届かなかった
  It miscarried, because it was wrongly addressed.
• その小包は今日届くだろう
  The parcel will arrive today.
• お手紙は届きました
  Your letter has arrived―reached me.
• 滞り無く届きました
  It has duly come to hand
  It is duly to hand.
• お手紙は学校へ宛てお寄越しになれば届きます
  Your letter will find me at the school.

3

（＝行き届く）to be careful; to be attentive; to attend to （small matters）

用例

• よく注意の届く人だ
  He is very careful―very attentive.

• 年にしては注意が届いている
  He is careful for his age.
• よく手が届く
  They attend to everything―leave nothing undone.
• あの旅館では客扱いが届いている
  They are attentive to their guests at that hotel.
• 忙しく手が届かぬ
  Things are left undone owing to pressure of business
  We are hampered by press of business.
• そこまでは手が届かぬ
  We can not attend to such details.
• 忙しいからそんなところまでは手が届かぬ
  We are too busy to attend to such details.
• 細かいところまで手が届く
  They attend to the minutest details.
• 子どもの世話が届いている
  The children are well cared for.
• 世話が届かぬ
  They are not cared for―left to take care of themselves.
• 家の手入れが届いている
  The house is in good repair―kept in good repair.
• 手入れが届かぬ
  The house is out of repair―left to go out of repair.
• 庭の掃除が届いている
  The garden is kept with good care―well kept.
• 掃除が届かない
  It is ill kept.
• 病人は看護が届いているか
  Is the invalid well nursed?
• 看護が届かないために死んだ
  He died in consequence of bad nursing.
• 病人は治療が届いている
  The invalid is well attended to.
• 治療が届いて病人が治った
  Good treatment has restored him to health.
• まことに届かない者ですがなにぶんよろしくお願い申します
  Allow me to recommend this raw youth to your care.

4

（＝徹底する）to come home to one's heart; to go home to one's heart

用例

• 念が届く
  What comes from the heart, goes to the heart.

• 誠が届く
  One's truth goes home to another's heart.
• どう書きゃ誠が届くやら
  How can I make my truth go home to his heart?
• こちらの思いが先の心に届く
  One's love finds a response in another heart.
• 女の思いが男の心に届かなかった
  Her love found no response in his heart.

5

（＝叶う）to be attained; to be fulfilled; to be realized

用例

• 思いが届く
  to obtain one's desire―gain the object of one's wishes

• 日頃の思いが届いた
  My cherished desire is fulfilled.
• とてもと思った思いが届いた
  My wildest hopes are realized.