英和和英

読み方 まんいち

名詞

One chance in ten thousand:（の事）a chance occurrence; a possible event; a possibility; a contingency; an emergency; an eventuality; an accident; chance:（=の） possible; contingent; accidental

用例

• 万一に備える
  to provide against emergencies―provide against accidents

• 万一の必要に備えるために貯金をすべしだ
  You ought to provide against possible needs―lay by against a rainy day.
• 万一を僥倖せん
  I will take my chance―take the chances―take the risks―risk it―chance it.
• 万一を頼むよりほかは無い
  We must trust to chance―trust to luck―trust to the chapter of accidents.
• 万一を頼んでやってみよう
  I will try on the off chance of success.
• 彼女は万一を期して待っている
  She keeps waiting, hoping against hope.
• （彼は死にはせぬかと）万一を気づかっている
  I fear for his life―tremble for his life.
• （医者が病人の家族に向かって）万一の覚悟をして下さい
  You must be prepared for the worst.
• 君の身に万一のことがあったら家族はどうするか
  If anything should happen to you, what would become of your family?
• 万一の場合には命を棄てる覚悟だ
  I am ready to lay down my life in case of emergency.

副詞

（Should） by any chance; （may） possibly, be some possibility:（=にも） （can not） possibly by any possibility

用例

• 万一失敗したらどうしようか
  If,by any chance, I should fail, what should I do?

• 万一この山がはずれたらもとの商売に帰るまでのことさ
  If,by any chance, my speculation should fail, I can but fall back on my old business.
• これが万一にも本当かしら
  Can it possibly be true?
  Can it by any possibility be true?
• 万一そうでないとも限らぬ
  It may possibly be so
  It may by some possibility be so.
• 戦争のことだから日本が万一負けぬとも限らぬ
  As it is the fortune of war, Japan may possibly―by some possibility―be defeated.
• そんなことは万一にも（間違っても）あるはずが無い
  Such a thing can not possibly happen―can not by any possibility happen.

接続詞

In case; for fear; lest

用例

• 万一失敗した時の予備があるか
  Have you anything to fall back upon in case you fail?―in case of failure?

• 万一雨が降ると悪いから傘をお持ちなさい
  Take an umbrella with you lest it should rain―for fear it may rain―for fear of its raining.