英和和英

読み方 がた

接尾詞

1

Towards

用例

• 明け方に
  towards daylight

• 暮方に
  towards nightfall―towards sunset
• 夕方に
  towards evening
• 頃は弥生の末つ方
  It was towards the end of March.

2

By

用例

• 米は二円方上がった
  Rice has risen by two yen.

• 十銭方下落する
  to fall by ten sen

読み方 ほう

名詞

1

（＝方向）a direction:（談話体の代用詞は）way:（前置詞に訳せば）toward

用例

• その人は公園の方へ行った
  He was walking in the direction of the park―toward the park.

• 三艘の船は西の方へ走った
  The three ships sailed in a western direction―toward the west―to the westward.
• 敵は四方八方へ逃げた
  The enemy fled in all directions.
• ここから東の方に当たって
  to the eastward of this―（to the） east of this
• 京都の東北の方に当たって山がある
  There is a mountain （to the） north-east of Kyoto.
• はるか東の方に島がある
  There is an island far to the eastward―away east―（米国にては）―way east.
• 本町の方へ行くところだ
  I am going in the direction of Honcho―（とは普通言わずに）―I am going Honcho way―（と言う、またその位置次第に）―up Honcho way―down Honcho way.
• 築地の方へ行って来た
  I have been down Tsukiji way.
• 僕はあちらの方へはめったに行かない
  I seldom go down that way.
• 青山の方へお出でになることがありますか
  Do you ever come up Aoyama way?
• こちらの方へお出でになったらぜひお立寄り下さい
  If you ever come up this way, be sure to look in.
• 彼はこっちの方へ来る
  He is coming toward us―this way.
• 僕は君と同じ方へ行く
  I am going your way.
• 僕の行く方へ行く人は無いか
  Is no one going my way?

2

（＝方面）a quarter:（談話体の代用詞は）way

用例

• 公園は市の北の方にある
  The park lies in the northern quarter of the city―in the north of the city.

• 城が町の東の方にある
  The castle stands in the east of the town―（町はずれにあれば）―on the east of the town.
• 人が四方八方から集まって来る
  People come flocking from all quarters.
• あの人の家は銀座の方だ
  He lives down Ginza way.
• いや、青山の方だ
  No, he lives up Aoyama way.
• 火事はどっちの方か
  Which way is the fire?
• 浅草の方だ
  It is down Asakusa way.

3

（＝自他の方）one's side; one's part

用例

• こっちの方が多数だ
  The majority is on our side.

• 君の方が間違っている
  The mistake is on your side
  It is you who are mistaken.
• さあ君の方の話を聞こう
  Now let's hear your side of the story.
• こちらの方は契約を履行したけれども先方でしない
  The contract has been fulfilled on my part, but not on the other part―by the other party.
• 君の方からそう下から出たら先でも心がとけるだろう
  Such condescension on your part will soften his anger.
• 君の方が無理だ
  You are in the wrong.
• 相手の方に理がある
  He is in the right.

4

（＝学問の方、商売の方などの方）way（には一定の構文あり）

用例

• 商売の方では彼と何の関係も無い
  I have nothing to do with him in the way of business.

• 彼は学問の方では申分が無い
  He leaves nothing to be desired in the way of scholarship.
• おしゃべりの方では彼にかなう者は無い
  He has no equal in the way of talking
  No one can compare with him in the talking line.
• 彼は読む方は好いが話す方は駄目だ
  He is good at reading, but not at speaking
  He is a good reader, but a poor speaker.

5

（＝進退するものの方）hand（には一定の構文あり）

用例

• 病人は快い方だ
  The invalid is on the mending hand―on the mend.

• 病勢は進む方だ
  The disease is on the advancing hand―on the advance.
• 衰える方だ
  It is on the declining hand―on the decline.
• 物価は上がる方だ
  The prices are on the advancing hand―on the advance―on the rise―rising.
• 下がる方だ
  They are on the declining hand―on the decline―on the fall―falling.
• 収入は増す方だ
  The receipts are on the increasing hand―on the increase.
• 減ずる方だ
  They are on the decreasing hand―on the decrease.

6

用例

• あれよりこちらが好い
  This is better than that
  This is the better of the two.

• 僕は洋服より和服の方が好い
  I like Japanese clothes better than foreign
  I prefer Japanese to foreign clothes.
• 恥をかいて生きているよりも死ぬ方がましだ
  I would rather die than live in dishonour
  I should prefer death to dishonour
  I would choose death before dishonour.
• 彼は学者というよりも文士の方だ
  He is more of a writer than a scholar
  He is not so much a scholar as a writer.
• 読むよりも書く方だ
  He is a better writer than scholar.
• 働くよりも遊ぶ方が好きだ
  He is more fond of pleasure than work.
• 病人はどちらかといえば悪い方だ
  The invalid is rather worse（than otherwise）―worse, if anything.
• どちらかといえば落第の方だ
  He will fail as likely as not.
• 使いをやるよりも君自身で行く方が好くはないか
  Hadn't you better go yourself than send?
• こりゃ早速始めた方が好かろう
  I may as well begin at once.
• 早い方が好い
  The sooner, the better.
• 入るより出る方が多い
  More goes out than comes in.

読み方 かた

名詞

1

（＝仕方）a way; a manner; how to （do anything）

用例

• 前置詞の使い方
  how to use prepositions

• 箸の持ち方
  how to hold your chopsticks
• ペンの持ち方が違う
  That is not the way to hold your pen.
• 泳ぎ方を知っているか
  Do you know how to swim?
• 君はやり方が間違っている
  You go about it in the wrong way.
• 歩き方
  one's manner of walking―one's gait

2

（＝方向）a direction

• 西の方に
  in a western direction

3

（＝側）a side; a party; a cause

用例

• 敵方
  the hostile party

• 父方の親類、母方の親類
  to be related on the paternal side―related on the maternal side
• 原告方の弁護士だ
  He pleads the cause of the plaintiff―appears for the plaintiff.
• 被告方の弁護士だ
  He pleads the cause of the defendant―appears for the defendant.

4

（＝何役）the person in charge; the -ing （part）

用例

• 君は煮方、僕は食い方
  You do the cooking, and I will do the eating.

• 会計方
  the accountant―the treasurer
• （芝居の）道具方
  the property man

5

（＝誰方寄寓）care of （c/o）

用例

• 手紙を田中方にあてて出せ
  Address your letters to the care of Mr. Tanaka.

• 田中方河田様
  Mr. Kawata, c/o Mr. Tanaka.
• 僕は田中方に居る
  I live with Mr. Tanaka.
• 田中方にお尋ね下さい
  Please inquire of Mr. Tanaka.

6

［敬称］A gentleman; a lady

用例

• その方をお連れになりましたか
  Have you brought the gentleman with you?

• そういう方は存じません
  I do not know the gentleman.
• 篤子の方
  Lady Atsuko.

前置詞相当語句

By

用例

• 物価は五割方騰貴した
  The prices have risen by 50 percent.

• あちらの方が二割方安い
  They sell cheaper by 20 percent.