英和和英

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形容詞相当語句

Unforeseen; accidental; casual

用例

• 不測の禍に逢う
  to have a mishap

• 不測のこと
  an accident

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名詞

1

（＝足らぬこと） insufficiency; deficiency; deficit; shortage; want; lack:（=な） insufficient; deficient; wanting; lacking:（=する） to want （something）; to lack （so much）; to come short （of the amount）; to run short （of provisions, etc.）

用例

• 金が不足だ
  The money is insufficient
  We are short of money
  We want more money.

• いくら不足か
  How much is wanting?
• 不足分はいくらか
  What is the wanting sum?
  What is the deficit?
• 百円不足だ
  The sum comes short （of the required amount） by 100 yen
  The sum is 100 yen short
  We are 100 yen short.
• 手が不足だ
  We are short of hands―short-handed.
• 何人不足か
  How many are wanting?
• 三人不足だ
  Three men are wanting
  We want three more men
  We are three men short.
• 物品が不足だ
  We are short of goods
  There is a shortage of goods.
• 食料が不足を告げた
  Provisions ran short
  We ran short of provisions.
• 今年は雨が不足だ
  We are in want of rain this year.
• 降雨不足のため（百姓が困っている）
  The crops are suffering from want of rain.
• 船腹の不足
  a shortage of bottom
• 重量不足
  short weight
• 一斤不足だ
  It is one pound short.
• 郵便の不足税
  short postage―postage due
• 郵便税が不足だから六銭お払いなさい
  The letter is insufficiently stamped, and six sen is due.
• 不足税六銭
  due six sen
• 金に不足は無い
  We have no lack of money.
• 手に不足は無い
  We have no lack of hands.
• いくら切り詰めても不足が立つ
  However I may curtail the expenses, I can not make both ends meet.
• 不足を補う
  to make up （for） the deficit―supply the deficiency―make good the deficiency―fill up the gap―stop the gap
• 収入の不足を補う
  to eke out the income―help out the income―piece out the income

2

（＝不平）discontent; dissatisfaction:（=な） dissatisfied; discontented

用例

• お前は何が不足か
  What are you discontented with?―dissatisfied with?

• 不足そうな顔
  a discontented face
  a dissatisfied look
• 不足な顔をしている
  He looks discontented―looks dissatisfied.
• 不足を言う
  to express one's dissatisfaction （with anything）―complain （of anything）―grumble （at anything）
• あれなら相手にしても不足は無い
  He is a foeman worthy of my steel.
• 不足を言えば限り無し
  There is no perfection in this world.
• 不自由を常と思えば不足無し
  It is man's lot to want.

3

（＝困窮）want; need

• 彼は何不足無い家に生れた
  He was born rich―born to wealth―born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

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名詞

A by-law