英和和英

読み方 お

名詞

（人間なら）a man:（動物なら）a male:（形容詞に用いれば人も動物も）male

用例

• 牡猫
  a male cat
  a tom-cat

• 雄雀
  a male sparrow
  a cock-sparrow
• 牡狐
  a male fox
  a dog-fox
• 牡鯨
  a male whale
  a bull-whale
• 賤の男
  a man of low birth

読み方 だん

名詞

1

（＝男｛おとこ｝）a man

2

（＝男の子）a son

3

（＝男爵）a baron

• 神田男
  Baron Kanda.

読み方 なん

名詞

A son （used in combination with a numeral）

用例

• 長男
  the eldest son

• 彼は次男だ
  He is the second son.
• 三男
  the third son
• 彼は三男二女あり
  He has three sons and two daughters.

読み方 おとこ

名詞

1

（女に対しては）man:（人としては）a man; a male:（男性の意味なら）the male sex; the sterner sex:（また）a boy（と訳すことあり）:（=の） man's; male; masculine

用例

• 男と女
  man and woman

• 男は女より強い
  Man is stronger than woman.
• 男は智、女は情
  Man has a head to think; woman has a heart to feel.
• 男は外を治め、女は内を治む
  “Man for the field, woman for the hearth.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 東男に京女
  Tokyo for men, and Kyoto for women.
• 子どもは男か女か
  Is the child a boy or a girl?
• 男になる
  to attain man's estate―come of age
• 女が男になった
  A woman is past bearing.
• 一人前の男にしてやる
  I will make a man of you.
• 男じゃないか泣くな
  Be a man, and don't cry!
• 男らしくし給え
  Play the man!
• 俺も男だ
  I am a man―not a woman.
• これでも一匹の男だ
  I fill a man's shoes.
• それでも男か
  Do you call yourself a man?
• 男ならいやとは言えまい
  No man who is a man could refuse to do it.
• 男と見込んで
  as man to man
• 男と見込んで頼む
  I appeal to you as man to man.
• 男の付き合いはぜひこうありたいものだ
  I like this sort of thing between man and man.
• 男は気で立つ
  It is the spirit that makes the man.
• 男の中の男と言われている
  He is called a man among men―the manliest of the men.
• 好い男だ
  He is a handsome man―a good-looking man.
• 男盛りだ
  He is in the prime of manhood.
• 日本人はいくつが男盛りか
  When is a Japanese in his prime?
• 男心と秋の空
  Man is as fickle as autumn weather―（西洋では）―“Woman is as fickle as April weather.”
• あの女は男を知らない（男の肌に触れたことが無い）
  She never knew man.
• 男を知らない女
  a maiden
  a virgin
• あの女は男嫌いだ
  She is a man-hater.
• 男好きだ
  She is an amorous woman.
• 男好きのする顔だ
  She has a face that attracts men.
• 男の四十は分別盛り
  Forty is a man's years of discretion.
• 分別盛りの男だ
  He is in his years of discretion.
• 大の男
  a great big fellow
• 大の男が三人がかり
  Three big men are at it.

2

（＝男の意気）a masculine spirit; manhood; honour; character; reputation

用例

• 男を立てる
  to satisfy one's honour

• 男が立った
  My honour is satisfied.
• そんなことをしては男が立たぬ、男が廃る
  If I do such a thing, I shall dishonour myself―（他動詞構文にすれば）―Such conduct will dishonour me.
• 男を磨く
  to build up a character
• 男を売る
  to build up a reputation
• 男を見せる
  to show one's manhood
• 男を上げた
  He has risen in the public estimation.
• このたびのことで男を上げた
  The late affair has raised him in the public estimation―raised him in my estimation―raised him in my opinion.
• 男を下げた
  He has fallen ［sunk］ in the public estimation.
• 今度のことで男を下げた
  His conduct has lowered ［sunk］ him in the public estimation.

3

（＝情夫）a lover; a paramour

用例

• あの女は男を持っている
  She has a lover.

• 男をこしらえる
  to take up with a man―form a connection with a man
• 男を振り捨てる
  to fling a lover over
• 男を乗り換える
  to jilt a lover for another―take up with another man
• 実の有る男だ
  He is a faithful lover.
• 不実な男だ
  He is a faithless lover―a false lover.

4

（＝下男）a male servant; a man-servant; a servant; a man

• うちの男にさして置いて上げましょう
  I will make my man do it for you.