英和和英

読み方 こうけん

名詞

1

Guardianship; wardship; ward; tutelage:（=する） to act as guardian to （a child）; to have the wardship of （a child）; to look after

用例

• 後見人
  a guardian

• 被後見人
  a ward
• 二人は後見の間柄だ
  Theirs is the relation of guardian and ward.
• 子どもに後見をつける
  to put a child under ward―put a child in ward
• 彼はまだ後見を受けている、後見つきの身だ
  He is still a ward―under ward―under wardship―under tutelage.
• 伯（叔）父の後見を受けている
  He is his uncle's ward―in ward to his uncle―under his uncle's guardianship.
• 彼は甥の後見をしている
  He acts as guardian to his nephew
  He has the wardship of his nephew.
• 彼はまだ若いから後見が要る
  He is young, and wants looking after―（米国では）―needs looking after.

2

（＝役者の後見）prompting

用例

• 役者の後見をする
  to prompt an actor

• 役者の後見人
  a prompter