英和和英

読み方 あう

自動詞

1

（＝一致する）to agree, accord, correspond, coincide, harmonize, chime, rhyme, tally, square, hit, consist, conform （with each other―in or on a point）

用例

• 意見が合う
  to agree in opinion

• 君と意見が合う
  We agree in opinion
  I agree with you
  I concur with you in your views
  Your views accord with mine
  Your views coincide with mine.
• 意見が合わぬ
  to disagree in opinion―differ in opinion
• 彼と意見が合わない
  We disagree in opinion
  We differ in opinion
  I do not agree with him
  I disagree with him
  I differ with him.
• 意見が合わないから止めたのだ
  I left him, because I could not agree with him.
• 気が合う
  to agree in temper―agree in disposition
• 彼と気が合う
  I agree very well with him
  We agree very well together
  We are in sympathy with each other
  We are of congenial tempers
  We are congenial spirits.
• 二人は気が合わぬ
  They do not agree together
  They are out of sympathy with each other
  They are of uncongenial tempers.
• 夫婦は気が合っている
  The couple are happy together
  They hit it off together
  They hit it off with each other.
• （人と）話が合う
  to get on well with one
• あの二人は話が合う
  They get on very well together
  They are of like tastes.
• 二人の話が合っている
  Their accounts agree with each other.
• 皆の話が合っている
  All accounts agree with one another
  They are at one with one another.
• 皆の話の合わぬ節がある
  The accounts disagree in some points
  They are at variance in some points.
• この点については歴史家の説が皆合っている
  All the historians agree on this point
  They are all at one on this point.
• 陳述が事実と合わぬ（食い違う）
  The statement disagrees with―clashes with―conflicts with―jars with―the facts.
• 調子が合う
  to tune with each other―chime with each other―harmonize with each other
• このピアノは調子が合っているか、調子が合っておらぬ
  Is this piano in tune?
  Is is not in tune.
• 音と意味と調子が合って始めて詩になる
  The sound must harmonize with the sense in order to make poetry.
• 外国語が入ると後先と調子が合わない
  A foreign word does not chime with the flow of the language.
• 詩が音楽に合う
  The poem harmonizes with the music.
• この歌は三味線に合う
  The song goes well with the samisen.
• 踊りの拍子が音楽に合う
  The dancer keeps time with the music.
• （何と何と）韻が合う
  “Love” rhymes with “dove.”
• 計算が合っているか
  Do the accounts agree?―tally?
• 合っておらぬ
  They do not agree―do not tally.
• ちょうど合っている
  They agree exactly―tally exactly.
• 勘定を調べて見ると合っている
  I find the accounts all right.
• チャンと合っている
  They are quite correct.
• 帳尻が合うか
  Do the accounts balance?
• 帳尻がどうしても合わぬ
  I can not make the accounts balance.
• 合印が合っている
  The counter-marks agree with each other―tally with each other.
• 答案が合っている
  The answer is right―correct.
• 食物が腹に合う、腹に合わぬ
  The food agrees with my constitution―disagrees with my constitution.
• 卵は僕の腹に合わない
  Eggs do not agree with me―disagree with me.
• 肉食の合わない人がある
  Meat diet does not agree with all constitutions―disagrees with some constitutions.
• 気候が身体に合う、合わぬ
  The climate agrees with my constitution―disagrees with my constitution.
• 日本の気候は貴方に合いますか
  Does the climate of Japan agree with you?
• 日本の気候に合わない西洋人がある
  The climate of Japan does not agree with all foreigners―disagrees with some foreigners.
• 世に合う、時世に合う
  to be in sympathy with the times―in tune with the times
• あの人は世に合わぬ
  He is out of sympathy with the times―out of tune with the times―ahead of his age.
• そんな説は道理に合わぬ
  Your theory is not consistent with reason―contrary to reason.
• そんな議論は理屈に合わぬ
  Your argument is illogical.
• 君のやり方は規則に合わぬ
  Your procedure is against rule.
• 君のやり方は世間の習慣に合わぬ
  Your course of conduct does not conform with custom.
• 伝道学校は国風に合わぬ
  Mission schools do not conform with the national custom.
• 彼女の性行は家風に合わぬ
  Her character does not conform with the family tradition.
• あの先生の教授法は校風に合わぬ
  His teaching does not conform with the school tradition.
• 前後の言が合わぬ
  His statement are inconsistent with each other.

2

（＝適合する、似合う、釣り合う）to fit （the body）; to suit （one's taste）; to become （one）; to match （with something）

用例

• 君は洋服が合う
  Foreign clothes become you （very well）.

• この上衣は合うか
  Does this coat fit me?
• よく合う、キチンと合う、ピッタリ合う
  It fits you very well―fits you to a nicety―fits you to a T―fits you like a glove―fits you like wall-paper―It is a good fit―a nice fit―a rare fit.
• この靴は足に合わぬ
  These shoes do not fit me
  They are a misfit.
• よく合うようにこしらえてくれ
  You must make it a good fit―make me a good fit.
• この眼鏡は目に合う
  These spectacles suit my eyes.
• （食物が）口に合う
  to suit one's taste―suit one's palate
• 日本料理はお口に合いますか
  Does Japanese food suit your taste?―Do you find Japanese food to your taste?―to your appetite?―to your liking?―Do you like Japanese food?
• 何かお口に合うものがありそうなものだ
  Perhaps I can find something to your taste―something you like―something you fancy.
• そんな物はお口に合いますまい
  Perhaps you don't like it.
• 口には合うが腹に合わない
  I like it, but it does not like me.
• （品物が）気に合う
  to please one―suit one―suit one's fancy―hit with one's humour or temper
• お気に合った品がありませんか
  Do none of these articles suit you?
• 気に合った教科書は一つも無い
  None of the text-books suit my fancy―hit with ideal.
• 嗜好に合う、性｛しょう｝に合う
  to suit one's taste―be congenial to one's tastes
• この仕事が一番に僕の性に合っている
  This work is most to my taste―congenial to my tastes.
• 性に合った仕事
  congenial work
• 作物が土地に合う、地味に合う
  The crop suits the soil.
• 牧羊は日本の土地に合わぬ
  Sheep-farming is not suited to Japan
  Japan is not suited for sheep-farming.
• 道具が座敷に合わぬ
  The furniture does not match with the room
  The furniture is out of keeping with the room.

3

（＝相当する）to correspond to （a term）; to answer to （the description）; to be equivalent to （a term）

用例

• 人相書に合う人がつかまった
  A man answering to the description has been identified.

• 「流石｛さすが｝」に合う英語があるか
  Is there an English word corresponding to “sasuga”?
  Is there an English equivalent for “sasuga”?

4

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 時計が合う
  to keep good time

• 君の時計は合うか
  Does your watch keep good time?
  Is your watch a good time-keeper?
• よく合わん
  It does not keep good time
  It is a bad time-keeper.
• あの時計は合っているか
  Is that clock right?
• 合っておらぬ
  It is wrong.
• 彼の言うことはつじつまが合わぬ
  What he says, is incoherent―inconsistent―self-contradictory.

5

用例

• 間に合う
  （充分の意味なら）to be enough―be sufficient―（用が足りるの意味なら）―do （the business）―answer the purpose―serve one's turn―（役に立つの意味なら）―be useful―be of service―（何に間に合う）―be in time （for something）

• これだけありゃ間に合う
  These are enough
  These will do.
• これだけ金がありゃ当分間に合う
  This sum will do for the present.
• 明日で間に合うか
  Will tomorrow do?
• （月給で暮らせるかと問われて）どうかこうか間に合う
  I can meet my expenses―make both ends meet.
• この金が無くとも間に合う
  I can do without this money.
• あの人がいなくともけっこう間に合う
  We can do very well without him
  He can be very well done without.
• どの紙でも間に合う
  Any paper will do―answer the purpose―serve my turn.
• 急行に間に合ったか
  Were you in time for the express?
• 間に合わなかった（遅れた）
  I was not in time―too late―（for the express）.
• 試験に間に合うように帰ります
  I shall be back in time for the examination.
• 博覧会に間に合うように米国へ行く
  I shall go to America in time to see the fair.
• あの男はなかなか間に合う
  He is quite useful―very useful.
• こんな物はいざという時に間に合わない
  Such things are useless in the moment of action.

6

用例

• 割りに合う
  to pay―to be worth one's while

• 割に合う仕事なら引き受けよう
  I will undertake the work if it pays―if it is worth my while―If I find my account in it.
• 割に合わぬ
  It does not pay
  It is not worth my while
  I do not find my account in it
  “The game is not worth the candle”【イディオム・格言的】
  “The game is not worth powder and shot”【イディオム・格言的】
• 百円以下で売っては割に合わぬ
  It wouldn't pay to take less than 100 yen for it.
• 新聞事業は割に合わぬ
  Journalism doesn't pay.

7

用例

• 顔が合う
  （相撲なら）to be matched against each other―meet on the ring―（役者なら）―appear in the same play―play together

• 二人は土俵で顔が合ったことが無い
  They never met on the ring.
• 舞台で顔が合ったことがない
  They never played together.