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読み方 かず

名詞

A number; a figure

用例

• 数を数える
  to count the number―tell the number

• 遊星の数は八つある
  The planets are eight in number.
• 生徒の数は五千ある
  The students number 5,000.
• 生徒の数はざっと五千とみてよかろう
  The number of students may be roughly put at 5,000.
• これは数あるうちの一例に過ぎぬ
  This is only one instance out of many.
• 数が多い
  There are many―a great many―They are numerous.
• 東京には学校の数が多い
  The are many schools in Tokyo.
• あの学校は生徒の数が多い
  That school has a large number of students―numerous students.
• 数が少ない
  There are few
  They are few in number.
• 大学の数が少ない
  There are few universities.
• あの学校は生徒の数が少ない
  That school has few students―only a few students.
• 数が増える、数が減る
  to increase in number―decrease in number
• 数を増やす、数を減らす
  to increase the number―decrease the number
• 数を加える
  to add one number to another―add up figures
• 数限り無し
  They are countless―numberless―innumerable.
• 僕もその数に入っている
  I am （one） of the number.
• 五十人及第して僕もその数に入っている
  Fifty have passed, myself among the rest.
• 日本は一等国の数に入っている
  Japan is one of the first-rate powers―among the first-rate powers.
• 亡き人の数に入る
  to go over to the majority―join the majority
• 吾々は物の数に入らぬ
  We count for nothing.
• 物の数に入らぬ人だ
  He is a nobody―a nullity―a nonentity―a cipher―a negligible quantity.
• 数ならぬ身
  I am a humble individual.

読み方 すう

名詞

1

A number:（多き数）numbers:（数の多少）numerical strength:（数字の意味なら）a figure:（=の）numerical

用例

• 乗組員の数は三十五名
  The crew are 35 in number
  The crew number 35.

• 数においては山口県が一番だ
  The Yamaguchi men come first in numerical strength.
• 敵は数は多い
  The enemy are numerically strong.
• 味方は数は少ない
  We are not numerically strong.
• 敵は数においては勝る
  The enemy are superior in numbers
  The enemy outnumber us.
• 味方は数においては劣る
  We are inferior in numbers
  We are outnumbered.
• 勝敗は必ずしも数の多少によるものにあらず
  Success in battle does not always depend on numbers.
• 彼もその数に漏れぬ
  He is of the number.
• 既知数、未知数
  a known number―an unknown number

2

（＝勝敗の数）odds; chances

用例

• 勝敗の数は如何｛いかん｝
  How are the chances?
  What are the odds?

• 勝敗の数は七分三分
  The odds are 7 to 3 （in our favour）.
• 勝敗の数は四分六分
  The odds are 4 to 6 （against us）.

3

（＝理法）a law

用例

• 自然の数
  a natural law

• こうなり行くのは自然の数だ
  It is natural that things should take such a course.
• 一利一害は自然の数である
  It is but natural that every good should have its evil.

形容詞相当語句

Several

用例

• 数日間
  for several days

• 数年を経て
  several years later
• 十数年間
  for upwards of ten years
• 数十
  several dozens
• 数十年
  several decades