英和和英

読み方 あまい

形容詞相当語句

1

Sweet （taste, fruit, etc.）

用例

• 砂糖や蜂蜜は甘い
  Sugar and honey are sweet
  They taste sweet.

• 甘い物
  sweets
• 彼は甘い物が好きだ
  He is fond of sweets
  He has a sweet tooth.
• 下戸は甘い物が好きだ
  Teetotallars go in for sweets.
• 内の主人は甘いも辛いも知っている
  He has tasted the sweets and bitters of life
  He has seen much of life.
• 甘い汁を吸う
  to suck one dry

2

用例

• 塩が甘い
  （料理なら）The dish is not salt enough―（漬物なら）―The pickles are not sufficiently salted

• 汁が甘い
  The soup is not salt enough―（の“salt”は形容詞、名詞に用いれば）―The soup has not enough salt in it―There is too little salt in the soup.
• 漬物は塩が甘いと悪くなる
  Pickles will go bad if they are not well salted.
• この魚は塩が甘いから長く持たぬ
  This fish will not keep long, as it is not sufficiently salted.
• 東京の料理は塩が甘い
  Tokyo dishes have too little salt in them
  Tokyo cooking is sparing of salt.
• 東京では魚でも野菜でも甘く煮る
  Tokyo people cook their fish and vegetables with too little salt
  Tokyo people are sparing of salt in cooking their fish and vegetables.
• 塩を甘くしておくれ
  Do not put too much salt in it.

3

用例

• 人間が甘い
  He is soft―soft-hearted―soft-headed―soft-witted―good-natured―indulgent.

• 彼は人間が甘過ぎる
  He is too soft-hearted―too good-natured.
• 甘いところがある
  He has a soft spot in his head.
• 君は子どもに甘い
  You are too indulgent to your children.
• 甘い親
  an indulgent father
• 甘い母
  a fond mother
• 彼は女に甘い
  He is too susceptible to female charms
  He has a soft heart towards the fair sex.
• 甘い奴だ
  He is a spooney.
• 人を甘く見る
  to presume upon one's good nature
• 貴様は俺を甘く見たな
  You have presumed upon my good nature.
• 子どもを甘く育てる
  to spoil a child
• 母が甘いと子どもが甘く育つ
  Children are spoiled by a fond mother.
• 甘い言葉
  kind words
• 甘い言葉をかける
  to speak kindly to one

4

• 甘いタバコ
  mild tobacco

5

• 焼きが甘い
  The blade is too soft―not well tempered.

6

• 先生は点が甘い
  He is unsparing of his marks
  He is a good marker.