英和和英

読み方 あかす

他動詞

1

用例

• 夜を明かす
  to pass the night―spend the night

• 青天井で夜を明かした
  We passed the night under the blue sky.
• 寝ずに夜を明かす
  to sit up all night―stay up all night
• 兵は武装のまま一夜を明かした
  The men slept on their rifles.
• 語り明かす
  to talk the night away
• 飲み明かす
  to drink the night away―make a night of it
• 泣き明かす
  to cry the night away―pass the night in tears

2

用例

• 秘密を明かす
  to disclose a secret to one―reveal a secret to one―divulge a secret to one―confide a secret to one―unbosom oneself of a secret to one―unburden one's heart of a secret to one―let one into the secret

• 彼にも秘密を明かしておく必要がある
  We must let him into the secret
  He must be let into the secret.
• この秘密は君だけに明かすのだ
  I confide the secret to you only
  It is for your private ears.
• 彼は僕だけに極内々で秘密を明かした
  He revealed the secret to me alone in strict confidence.
• 彼は久しく経ってからようやくその秘密を明かした
  It was long before he unburdened his heart of the secret.
• 君に明かしたいことがある
  I wish to reveal something to you
  There is something of which I wish to unbosom myself to you.
• 事実を明かす
  to reveal the truth to some one
• 計画を明かす
  to lay a scheme bare―lay a plan open―to one's audience
• 意中を明かす、胸中を明かす
  to open one's heart―open one's mind―to one
• 心底を明かす
  to reveal one's inmost thoughts to one
• 罪を明かす
  to confess one's guilt
• （手品などの）種を明かす
  to reveal the trick―show one's hand
• この事は誰にも明かさずにおく（胸に蔵めておく）
  I keep the matter to myself
  I keep the matter from everybody.
• ことに彼に明かさない
  I keep him in the dark about the matter.

3

• 鼻を明かす
  to put one's nose out of joint