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読み方 じき

名詞

（＝直取引き）a direct transaction; a spot transaction

形容詞相当語句

（＝直｛じか｝に）direct; immediate; personal:（=に） directly; immediately; personally; in person

用例

• 直輸入、直輸出
  direct import―direct export

• 直談判
  direct negotiation―personal negotiation
• 直に談判した方が好い
  You had better negotiate with him in person―speak direct to him.

副詞

1

（=に）（＝間も無く）soon; presently; in a minute

用例

• 彼はじきに来る
  He will be here very soon―presently.

• じきに用意ができます
  I shall be ready in a minute.
• もうじきに寒に入る
  The cold weather will soon set in.
• じきに帰る
  I shall not be long.
• じきに行ってじきに帰る
  I shall be there in a trice, and be back in a jiffy.

2

（＝早く、容易に）quickly; easily

用例

• この子はじきに覚える
  The child learns quickly
  The child is quick at learning.

• ガラスはじきにこわれる
  Glass vessels break easily
  Glass vessels are apt to break.

副詞、前置詞相当語句

（＝じき近く）near by, close by, hard by, just by （a place）; close upon, nigh upon （the time）

用例

• 学校はここからじきだ
  The school is near by―close by―only a little way from here―only a step from here.

• 学校までじきだ
  It is only a little way to the school―only a step to the school.
• そこは学校からじきだ
  It is only a little way from the school―only a step from the school―near by the school―close by the school.
• 学校はもうじきだ
  The school is near at hand.
• 学校のじき近くに宿を決めた
  I have taken up my quarters near by the school―close by the school.
• 僕の所は学校へじきで五分かからない
  I live within five minutes' walk of the school.
• その家はじき向こうだ
  The house is right opposite ours.
• 医者の家はじきこの横町だ
  The doctor lives just round the corner.
• その人の家はじき隣だ
  He lives next-door to our house
  He is our next-door neighbour.
• もうじき十二時だ
  It is nigh upon twelve―on the stroke of twelve.
• 彼はもうじき四十だ
  He is close upon forty.
• 試験はもうじきだ
  The examination is close at hand.

接続詞

（＝否や）as soon as; the moment

用例

• 彼は酔うとじき怒り出す
  He gets angry as soon as he gets drunk.

• 僕の姿を見るとじきにコソコソと逃げ出した
  He slunk off the moment he saw me.

読み方 なおき

形容詞相当語句

Straight