英和和英

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形容詞相当語句

1

（＝狭苦しい）narrow; tight; cramped; uncomfortable; pinched for room; confined for room; cramped for space

用例

• この家は狭くて窮屈だ
  We are pinched for room―confined for room―cramped for space.

• 窮屈な家
  a narrow house
  a cramped house
• 狭い家でさぞご窮屈でしょう
  You must feel cramped―feel uncomfortable―in such a small house.
• この洋服は窮屈だ
  This suit is a tight fit.
• 洋服はいったいに窮屈だ
  Foreign clothes, as a general thing, are uncomfortable to wear.
• これは窮屈な上衣だ
  This is a tight coat.
• 胸の辺が窮屈だ
  The coat is too tight about the chest.
• 脇の下が窮屈だ
  The coat cramps me under the arms.
• この靴は窮屈だ
  These shoes are a tight fit―too small for me.
• この襟は窮屈だ
  This collar strangles me.

2

（＝固苦しい）stiff （manners）; rigid （discipline）; strict （rules）; punctilious （manners）; formal （speech）; precise （dress）; ceremonious （treatment）; strait-laced （moralist, etc.）

用例

• あの人は様子が窮屈だ
  He has a stiff manner
  He is as stiff as a poker.

• 古武士のように窮屈だ
  He is as punctilious as an old-time samurai.
• 軍隊生活は窮屈だ
  Soldiers are placed under rigid discipline.
• あまり窮屈な規則は設けない方が好い
  It is better not to lay down too strict rules―too rigid rules―hard-and-fast rules.
• 窮屈な口上は抜きにしよう
  Let us do away with formal speeches!
• 彼は窮屈な支度をしている
  He is precisely dressed.
• 彼は磊落家だからあまり窮屈に扱ってはいけない
  He is a liberal, and you must not stand on ceremony with him.
• あれは窮屈な男だ
  He is a strait-laced person―a precisian.
• あまり窮屈だから人の上に立てない
  He is too much of a precisian for a leader of men.
• 窮屈な世間の習慣を脱する
  to shake off the shackles of convention

3

（＝気がねがある）constrained; oppressive; ill at ease; not at home

用例

• 僕はあの人の前へ出ると窮屈だ
  I feel constrained―feel ill at ease―in his presence―I find his presence oppressive.

• あれは窮屈な人だ
  He makes you feel constrained
  You do not feel at home with him.
• いま一人の方は窮屈でない
  The other man makes you feel at home with him―puts you at your ease.
• なまじっか位などあると窮屈だ
  A petty rank will deprive you of freedom.
• 平の個人の方が窮屈でない
  A plain individual enjoys more freedom.
• 家の中は窮屈だから逃げて来た
  I have escaped from the oppressive atmosphere of the house.