英和和英

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名詞

1

（＝流通）circulation:（=する） to circulate

用例

• 金は天下の融通物
  Money is a thing that comes and goes.

• 金融機関（通貨）
  a circulating medium

2

（＝金銭の貸借）accommodation:（=する） to accommodate （one with a loan）

用例

• 金を融通する
  to accommodate one with a loan

• 五千円ばかり融通して下さるまいか
  Could you accommodate me with 5,000 yen?
• 融通力
  credit
• 君は融通が利くか
  Have you good credit?
  Does your credit stand well?
• 融通が利かない
  I have no credit.
• 融通が利かなくなった
  My credit is cracked
  I have a cracked credit.
• 彼はなかなか融通が利く
  His credit stands high.
• 彼は一万円の融通が利く
  His credit is good for 10,000 yen.
• あの人が署名さえすればいくらでも融通が利く
  His name is good for anything he chooses to put his hand to.
• 彼は金も無く融通も利かず進退谷まっている
  He is in a fix without money or credit.
• 融通手形
  an accommodation bill
  a kite

3

（＝変通の才）adaptability; versatility; flexibility; elasticity

用例

• 融通を利かす
  to adapt oneself to new conditions―accommodate oneself to circumstances

• 融通が利く
  to be adaptable―versatile―flexible―elastic
• 融通が利かない
  to be unadaptable―inflexible―rigid
• 日本人は融通が利く
  The Japanese can adapt themselves to altered conditions
  The Japanese are an adaptable people.
• あれは融通の利く男だ
  He is a versatile man
  He can turn his hand to anything
  He is a flexible character
  He knows how to accommodate himself to circumstances.
• あれは頑固で融通の利かない男だ
  He is a rigid moralist.
• 英語は融通の利く言葉だ
  English is a flexible language―an elastic language.