英和和英

読み方 しる

他動詞

1

To know （a person or thing―of or about a person or thing）; to be acquainted with （a person）; to be familiar with （a thing）; to be informed （about the state of things）; to be aware of（a fact）; to be sensible of （kindness）; to be conscious of （one's powers）; to be awake to （one's interests）; to be alive to （the feelings of honour）; to be privy to （a secret）; to be no stranger to （poverty）:（初めて知る）to learn

知らぬ間に→『しらぬまに（知らぬ間に）』

用例

• 君はあの人を知っているか
  Do you know that man?

• 知っている
  I know him
  I am acquainted with him.
• そういう人のあることはかねて噂に聞いて知っているが詳しいことは知らぬ
  I know of such a man, but I do not know well about him.
• 彼を知らぬ者は無い
  Everybody knows him
  He is known to everybody.
• 彼は何も知らぬ
  He knows nothing
  He is ignorant of everything.
• そんなこととは知らなかった
  I was not aware of the fact.
• 彼は沙翁｛しゃおう＝シェークスピア｝の作をよく知っている
  He is familiar with Shakespeare
  Shakespeare is familiar to him.
• 天知る地知る我が身知る
  God knows, and so does my conscience.
• 木の善し悪しはその実を見て知れ
  A tree is known by its fruit.
• 人の善悪はその交わる友を見て知れ
  “A man is known by the company he keeps.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 彼は敵味方の区別をも知らぬ
  He does not know friend from foe.
• 僕は生徒の顔は知っているが
  I know the students by sight.
• 名は一々知らぬ
  I do not know them by name.
• 己を知れ
  Know yourself
  Know your own limitations.
• 足るを知れ
  Learn to be contented!
• 僕を知らぬようでは君はまだ世に知られぬと見える
  Not to know me argues yourself unknown.
• 両雄相知る
  Like knows like
  “Deep calleth unto deep.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 一を知って二を知らぬ
  He knows only one side of the question.
• あの人は女を知らぬ
  He never knew woman.
• あの女は男を知らぬ
  She never knew man.
• 町内で知らぬは亭主ばかりなり
  “The good man is the only one who does not know what is amiss at home.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 字を知るは憂の始め
  Knowledge is sorrow.
• それとは知らずに人を害した
  I injured a man without knowing it―unwittingly.
• 彼は知らぬと言っている
  He says he does not know
  He denies his knowledge.
• 彼はどこまでも知らぬ知らぬと言い張っている
  He persists in denying his knowledge.
• 彼らは英語の初歩をも知らぬ
  They do not know the elements of English
  They are ignorant of the rudiments of the language.
• 彼はそんな法律のあることを知らなかったと言っている
  He pleads ignorance.
• 法律は知らぬで通らぬ
  Ignorance is no plea with the law.
• そんな危険があろうとは夢にも知らなかった
  I was unconscious of any such danger.
• 知らずして犯せるものは罪無し
  No blame attaches to the unconscious doer of wrong.
• 人を知らないから選ぶのに当てが無い
  My ignorance of the men obliges me to choose at random.
• 知らぬが仏
  “Ignorance is bliss.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 知らざるを知らずとせよ、これ知るなり
  Confess your ignorance, and you will escape ignorance.
• 己が利益を知る者は少ない
  Few men are awake to their own interests.
• 人は己が利益を知らぬものだ
  People will be blind to their own interests.
• 恩を知る
  to be sensible of kindness
• あの男は恩を知らぬ（恩知らずだ）
  He is insensible of favours
  Kindness is thrown away upon him
  He is an ingrate.
• 恥を知る
  to be sensible to shame―alive to the feelings of honour
• 日本人は恥を知る
  The Japanese are keenly alive to the feelings of honour.
• 世の味気無さを知る
  to awake to the stern realities of life
• あれは知らない人だ
  He is a stranger to me.
• まるで知らない
  He is an utter stranger―a complete stranger―a perfect stranger―to me.
• 君は貧乏の味を知るまい
  You do not know what it is to be poor
  You are a stranger to poverty.
• 僕は貧乏の味を知っている
  I know what it is to be poor
  I am no stranger to poverty.
• 彼は秘密を知っているに違いない
  He must be privy to the secret―in the secret.
• 彼は世間の事情をよく知っている
  He is well informed about the world.
• 彼はよくものを知っている
  He is well informed―full of information.
• 君はどうしてあの人を知っているか
  How came you to know him?
• 君はどうして彼を米探と知ったか
  How did you know him for a spy?
• 僕の知っているところではそういう人は無いようだ
  There is no such man that I know of―to my knowledge.
• 僕の知っているところでは彼は洋行したことは無いようだ
  He has not been abroad that I know of―to the best of my belief.
• その所行が警官の知るところとなった
  His doings came to the knowledge of the police―came to the ears of the police.

2

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 病気というものはどんなものだか少しも知らぬ（さらに知らぬ、まるで知らぬ）
  I have no idea of what an illness is like.

• 薬の味は夢にも知らない
  I have not the slightest idea of―have not the faintest notion of―what medicine tastes like.
• 君がこの金を取っても誰も知る者が無い
  You can take the money, and nobody will be the wiser―without anybody being the wiser.
• 彼はこの金を取られても知らずにいる
  He will have this money taken, and be none the wiser.
• 閑談時の移るを知らず
  We took no note of time while chatting.
• チベットは外界には全く知られていない
  Thibet is a sealed letter―a sealed book―to the outer world.
• 知らざるは誤るに勝る
  “Better untaught than ill-taught.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 彼は甘いも辛いも知っている
  He has tasted the sweets and bitters of life.
• 彼はその女をキズ物と知りつつ貰ったのだ
  He married her with open eyes.
• 新聞によって日日の出来事を知る
  We depend on the newspaper for the news of daily events.
• 一を聞いて十を知る
  “A word to the wise is sufficient.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 長州にその人ありと知られる高杉晋作であった
  It was Takasugi Shinsaku of Choshu fame.
• 入り来たりしはなんぞ知らん校長その人ならんとは
  Who should come in but the principal himself?
• 碇泊せる船の数幾百なるを知らず
  Hundreds of ships lie at anchor.
• 失敗する者の数幾千なるを知らず
  Thousands of men fail.
• 相知る者は汝と我のみ
  “Deep calleth unto deep.”【イディオム・格言的】

3

（＝真価を知る）to appreciate

用例

• 天才は世に知られぬことがある
  A genius is not always appreciated.

• 彼は世に知られぬ天才だ
  He is an unappreciated genius.
• 士は己を知る人の為に死す
  A samurai dies for one who appreciates him.
• 天下遂に我を知る者無きか
  Is there none in the world who can appreciate me?
• 知る人ぞ知る
  Those will appreciate it who can.

4

（＝推して知る）to infer; to conjecture

用例

• 一をもって万を知る
  to infer the whole from one

• その人格の偉大なるこの一事をもって知るべし
  His greatness may be inferred from this fact
  This fact shows his greatness.
• 余は推して知るべし
  The rest may be inferred.
• その前途知るべきのみ
  Its future is not hard to conjecture.

5

（＝与り知る）to be concerned with （a person or thing）; to have concern with （a matter）; to have to do with （a person or thing）

用例

• 僕はそんなことは知らん
  I will have no concern with such matters―have nothing to do with such matters―have nothing to say to such matters.

• それは僕の知ったことじゃない
  That's no concern of mine―no business of mine―none of my business.
• 君の知ったことじゃない
  That's no concern of yours―no business of yours―none of your business.
• 後はどうなろうと僕は知らん
  I will not be responsible for the consequences.
• 君のしたことは僕は知らん
  I can not help what you have done.
• 天下の大事女童の知る処にあらず
  What have women and children to do with the grave affairs of state?