英和和英

読み方 なおす

他動詞

To cure （a disease―one of a disease）; to heal （a wound―one of a wound）; to set （one）right; to set （one） up

用例

• 医者が病気を治す
  A doctor cures a patient.

• 私の病気を治して下さるか
  Can you cure me of my disease?
• この病気を治す薬は無い
  No medicine can cure this disease
  There is no remedy for this disease.
• 君の病気はじきに治して上げる
  We shall soon set you right―set you up.
• 請合って治して上げる
  I will guarantee a cure.
• 彼は病気を治そうとしてあらゆる手段を尽した
  He tried every means to get set up.
• 彼の病気を治したくば入院させなさい
  If you would have him recover, you must send him to hospital.

読み方 なおす

他動詞

1

（＝訂正する）to correct （a mistake）; to rectify （an error）; to set （one） right; to unlearn （what one has mislearned）

用例

• 誤りを直す
  to correct mistakes―rectify errors

• 作文をお直し下さい
  Will you please correct my composition?―look over my composition?
• 文法上の間違いだけは直した
  I have corrected the grammatical mistakes.
• その作文に少し筆を入れて直してみよう
  I will touch up your composition―improve your composition―a little.
• 彼は間違っていたから直してやった
  He was mistaken, so I set him right.
• 間違ったことを覚えて直すのに骨が折れる
  It is hard work to unlearn what one has mislearned.
• 彼は強情にも誤りを直さぬ
  He persists in his error.

2

（＝矯正する）to reform （one's life）; to amend （one's conduct）; to mend （one's ways）; to correct （a fault）; to remedy （a defect）; to put down （an abuse）; to cure oneself of, break oneself of （a habit）

用例

• 君は行いを直さないと退校ですよ
  If you will not reform （your life）―amend （your conduct）―mend your ways―do better―you will have to leave school.

• 僕は朝寝の癖を直さなければならぬ
  I must cure myself of―break myself of―the habit of late rising.
• その癖を直してやる
  I will cure you of the habit.
• 学校には直さんならん悪弊がたくさんある
  There are many abuses in the school that must be put down.
• 欠点を直す
  to correct a fault―remedy a defect
• 人の振り見て我振り直せ
  Correct your manners by seeing other's faults.

3

（＝修復する）to repair （a house）; to mend （a watch）

用例

• 家はいま直している
  The house is being repaired―under repairs.

• この時計を直して貰いたい
  I want to have this watch mended.
• 靴を直す
  to mend shoes―cobble shoes
• 靴は直しにやってある
  I am having my shoes mended.

4

（＝復旧する）to restore （anything to its former condition）; to recover （anything lost）

用例

• もと通りに直す
  to restore anything to its former condition

• 身体を直す
  to restore one to health―（自分の身体なら）―restore oneself to health―recover one's health
• 二人の仲を直す
  to reconcile two friends―bring about a reconciliation―heal the breach
• 二人の仲を直してみよう
  I will try and reconcile them with each other.
• 機嫌を直す
  （自分のなら）to come round―（人となら）―make friends again
• 機嫌を直して一杯飲んでくれ
  Come round, and have a drink!
• 機嫌直しに一杯飲もう
  Let up have a drink to make friends!
• 機嫌を直して別れようではないか
  Let us part in amity!

5

（＝整頓する）to adjust; to put （anything） in order; to put （anything） straight; to put （anything） to rights; to set （a clock or a watch）:（米国にては） to fix （a clock or a watch）

用例

• 身なりを直す
  to adjust one's dress―put oneself straight―trim oneself up―prim oneself―tidy oneself―（米国にては）―fix oneself

• （散らかっているから）座敷を直そう
  I will put the room in order―put the room to rights.
• （狂っているから）機械を直そう
  I will put the machine in order.
• 時計の針を直す
  to set a clock―set a watch―（米国にては）―fix a watch―fix a clock
• 椅子や卓子を直す
  to set the tables and chairs straight
• 曲りを直す
  to straighten anything

6

（＝変更する）to change; to alter

用例

• 縁起を直す
  to change one's luck

• この上衣は直さなければならぬ
  The coat must be altered
  The coat requires some alteration.
• 少し直せばこの上衣は着られる
  With a little alteration, this coat will do very well.

7

（＝翻訳する）to translate, render, turn, do （Japanese into English）; to put （it in English）

用例

• 日本語を英語に直す
  to translate Japanese into English

• この日本語は英語に直せない
  This Japanese phrase can not be translated into English―rendered into English―turned into English―done into English.
• それを日本語に直すとどうなりますか
  How do you put it in Japanese?
• 詩を散文に直す
  to paraphrase a poem into prose
• 小説を脚本に直す
  to dramatize a novel

8

（＝何々し直す）to redo （anything）; to do （anything） over again

用例

• 書き直しだ
  You must rewrite it.

• やり直しだ
  You must do it over again.
• 上衣はこしらえ直した
  The coat has been made over―remade.
• 家は立て直す
  The house will be rebuilt.

9

• 客を上座に直す
  to give one's guest the seat of honour

10

用例

• 本妻に直す
  to install her as a legal wife―make an honest woman of her

• 彼は妻を離縁して芸者を後釜に直した
  He divorced his wife, and put a geisha in her place.