英和和英

読み方 わり

名詞

1

（＝割合）rate

用例

• 利子年六分の割
  interest at （the rate of） 6 percent per annum

• 一つ五円の割りに買った
  I bought them at （the rate of） five yen apiece.
• 賃銀は一日三円五十銭の割りに払う
  The wages are paid at the rate of 3 yen fifty sen a day.
• 教員の給料は一時間三円の割りに払う
  We pay our teachers at the rate of three yen an hour.
• 君の学校は他の学校よりも給料の割りが好い
  Your school pays better salaries than the other schools.
• 人口一千人に医者一人の割りだ
  There is one doctor for every thousand inhabitants.
• 君はその割りでいったらじきに身代を使い果たすだろう
  If you go on at that rate, you will go through your fortune in no time.

2

（＝何割）（how many） percent; percentage

用例

• 一割
  ten percent （10%）

• 何割か
  How many percent?
  What is the percentage?
• 一割五分の利子が付く
  It bears interest at 15 percent.
• 二割の配当をする
  to pay a dividend of 20 percent
• 物価は去年より三割方騰貴した
  The prices have risen by 30 percent since last year.
• 賃銀を五割引き上げた
  The wages have been raised by 50 percent.
• 一割引き
  10 percent discount
• 学生の何割成功するか
  What is the percentage of students who succeed?

3

（＝利益）advantage

用例

• 割りの好い
  （条件）advantageous terms―（商売）―a profitable business―（地位）―a lucrative post

• 割りの好い取引をする
  to make an advantageous transaction―make a good deal―make a good bargain
• 割りの悪い
  （条件）disadvantageous terms―（商売）―an unprofitable business
• 割りの悪い取引をする
  to make a disadvantageous transaction―make a bad bargain
• 資本の無い者は何をしても割りが悪い
  One who has no capital is at a disadvantage in doing anything.
• 外国人は何をしても割りが悪い
  A foreigner is at a disadvantage―A foreigner labours under a disadvantage―in doing anything.
• 仕事は割りに合うか
  Does the work pay?
  Is the work worth your while?
  Do you find your account in the work?
• 割りに合う仕事なら引き受ける
  I will undertake the work if it pays.
• 割りに合わぬ
  It does not pay
  It is not worth my while
  I do not find my account in it.
• 割りに合わない商売だ
  It is not a paying business
  “The game is not worth the candle.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 仕事を外へ出した方が割りが好い
  It will pay better to put out the work.
• 骨を折った上に笑われちゃ割りに合ったもんじゃない
  It does not pay to be laughed at for one's pains.
• いくら金が儲かっても名誉を失っては割りに合わぬ（償いにならぬ）
  No amount of gain can compensate for the loss of honour.
• 割りに合わぬ勝利
  a Pyrrhic victory
  a Cadmean victory

4

（＝効果）effect

• この醤油は割りが利く
  The soy is effective.

5

（＝割り当て、割り振り）assignment; allotment

用例

• 役割
  assignment of parts―a cast of characters

• 役割をする
  to assign a part to each―cast the parts to the actors―cast the actors for the parts
• 教場割り
  allotment of the rooms to the classes
• 教場割りをする
  to allot the rooms to the classes
• 頭割り
  capitation
• 金は頭割りに出そう
  Let us each pay an equal share of the money.

6

（＝税）a rate

• 戸数割り
  a household rate

副詞

（=に） comparatively

• フランス語は聞き取るのは困難だが話す方は割りにやさしい
  It is difficult to follow French, but it is comparatively easy to speak it.

前置詞相当語句

（=に） in proportion to; for; considering

用例

• 月給割りに金を出そう
  Let us give the money each in proportion to his salary.

• 収入の割りに金を出した
  We gave each in proportion to his income.
• 大きさの割りに重い
  It is heavy for its size.
• 大きい割りに軽い
  It is light for its size―considering its size.
• 彼は年の割りに丈夫だ
  He is strong for his age―considering his age.
• 年の若い割りに行き届いている
  He is careful for a young man―considering his youth.
• この酒は値段の割りに飲める
  This wine drinks well for its price.