英和和英

読み方 いくら

疑問副詞

1

How much?; What?

用例

• 値段はいくらか
  What is the price?
  How much?

• この徳利はいくら入るか
  How much does this bottle hold?
• 普請はいくらかかるか
  What will the building cost?
• この本はいくらしたか
  What did the book cost you?
• 建築費はいくらで上がるか
  What will the cost of building come up to?
• 家賃はいくら払うか
  What do you pay for your house?
• しめていくらになるか
  What do you make the total?
• 良い馬はいくら出せば買えるか
  What must one give for a good horse?
• この馬はいくらで買ったか
  What did you give for your horse?
• この馬はいくらで売ってくれるか
  What will you take for the horse?
• この本はいくらに売るか
  At what price is this book sold?
• 米国ではいくらあったら暮らせるか
  What does living cost in America?

2

（＝いくらいくらの割合で）at so much

用例

• 月いくらで人を雇う
  to engage a man at so much a month―by the month

• 米国では一週間いくらで下宿する
  In America, they board by the week.
• 鶏卵は一ダースいくらで売る
  Eggs are sold by the dozen.
• あの集会所は一日いくらで貸します
  That hall can be hired by the day.
• あの学校では一時間いくらで教員の給料を払う
  The teachers of that school are paid by the hour.
• 一日いくらで働く
  to work by the day

3

（＝いくら何々しても、いくら何々でも）however （... may）; any; no; for all; with all

用例

• 人はいくら金持ちでも徒食するものでない
  However rich a man may be,―Be a man as rich as he will,―he should not eat the bread of idleness.

• いくら勉強しても一朝一夕には学べぬ
  However hard one may work,―Work as hard as one will,―one can not learn it in a day.
• いくらなりとよろしいとおぼしめすだけ下さい
  Give me whatever you think fit.
• いくら金がかかっても子どもを大学へ入れる
  My boy shall have a college education, whatever it may cost―cost what it may.
• いくら助けを求めても取り合う者が無かった
  I might cry for help, but nobody took any notice of my cries.
• いくら主人の命令でもそればかりは聴かれない
  Though these are my master's orders, I can not obey them.
• いくら出しても買う
  I will buy it at any price.
• いくら貰っても売られぬ
  I can not part with it at any price.
• 良い教師はいくら高くとも安いものだ
  A good teacher is cheap at any price.
• 悪い物はいくら安くとも高いものだ
  A bad thing is dear at any price.
• 不漁｛しけ｝続きで魚類はいくら金を出しても無い
  Owing to stress of weather, so fish was to be had at any price―for love or money.
• いくら金を出しても幸福は買われぬ
  No amount of money can buy happiness.
• いくら天才があっても怠ける埋合わせにはならぬ
  No genius can compensate for idleness.
• いくら脅かしてもビクともせぬ
  No threats can make him move a muscle of his face.
• 彼はいくらさがしてもいません
  He is nowhere to be seen.
• いくら働いても相変わらず貧乏だ
  For all my labours, I remain as poor as ever.
• いくら金があっても満足しない
  For all his wealth, he is not contented.
• いくら欠点があってもやはり偉い
  With all his faults, he is a great man.
• いくら君でも彼にはかなうまい
  However great you may be, you can be no match for him.
• いくら僕でもそれくらいのことは知っている
  However ignorant I may be, I am not so ignorant as not to know that.

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 彼にはいくら勧めても駄目だ
  It is no use trying to persuade him.

• いくら意見をしても駄目だ
  It is no use reasoning with him.
• いくら待っても来なかった
  I waited and waited, but he did not appear.

4

（＝いくら好いものでも）（even） the best

用例

• いくら良い軍艦があっても使い方を知らなかったら無用の長物だ
  The best ships are useless if you do not know how to work them.

• いくら好い翻訳でも多少は原文と違うものだ
  The best translation will vary more or less from the original.
• いくら賢い人でも失錯はある
  The wisest man will make mistakes.
• いくら善い人でも欠点の無い人は無い
  The best men have their faults.
• いくらひいき目で見ても別に取柄が無い
  Even when viewed in the most favourable light, there is nothing particular in him.