英和和英

読み方 もち

名詞

1

（＝持久力）durability; wear

用例

• 持ちが好い
  to last long―（衣類なら）―wear well―（飲食物なら）―keep long

• 西洋造りは日本造りより持ちが好い
  A foreign house lasts long―lasts longer than a Japanese.
• 木船は持ちが好い
  A wooden ship lasts long
  A wooden ship is durable.
• この羅紗は見栄えが無いが持ちが好い
  This cloth does not make a good show, but wears well.
• 日本出来の靴は持ちが悪い
  Shoes made in Japan do not wear well.
• この酒は持ちが好い
  This wine will keep long.
• 夏の魚は持ちが悪い
  Fish do not keep in summer.

2

（＝所有）ownership

用例

• この子は衣装持ちです
  She has a good wardrobe.

• 彼は子持ちだ
  He is a father―a family man.
• 彼女は子持ちだ
  She is a mother―the mother of many children.
• あの人は癇癪持ちだ
  He is subject to epileptic fits.
• 癇癪持ちだ
  He is subject to fits of passion―a passionate man.
• あの女は癪持ちだ
  She is subject to fits of spasm.

3

（＝受持ち、担任、負担）charge

用例

• この組は誰の持ちですか
  Who is in charge of this class?
  In whose charge is this class?

• この組は僕の持ちです
  The class is in my charge
  I am in charge of this class.
• 自分持ち
  at one's own charge―at one's own expense
• 家の修繕は自分持ちです
  I repair the house at my own expense.
• 汽車賃は自分持ちだ
  Each must pay his own railway fare.
• 費用は先方持ちです
  The other party bears the expenses―pays the expenses.
• 給料は五十円で衣食はこちら持ち
  （雇主が言えば）I pay him 50 yen a month and find him in food and clothes―（雇人が言えば）―I get 50 yen a month and find myself （in food and clothes）.
• 給料は五十円で衣食は先方持ち
  I get 50 yen a month and found （in food and clothes）
• 衣食はこちら持ちで彼を雇っておく
  We keep him back and belly.

4

（＝誰使用）The Possessive Case

用例

• 婦人持ちの日傘
  a lady's parasol

• 男子持ちの時計
  a gentleman's watch