英和和英

読み方 あたま

名詞

1

（＝頭部）the head; the pate

用例

• 頭を上げる
  to raise one's head―hold up one's head

• 恩人には頭が上がらぬ
  One can not hold up one's head before one's benefactor.
• あの人に頭が上がる者は無い
  No one can hold up his head before that man.
• こんなところにいては一生頭が上がらぬ
  I shall never be able to hold up my head in my present place.
• 頭を下げる
  to lower one's head―bow one's head―（謙遜してなら）―humble oneself
• ペコペコ頭を下げる
  to cringe
• 頭を下げて頼む
  to ask humbly―make a humble request―for something
• 彼は頭を下げる事が嫌いだ
  He is proud―above asking favours.
• 恥じて頭を垂れる
  to hang one's head for shame
• 頭を掻く
  to scratch one's head―（恥じてなら）―hang one's head for shame
• 頭を振る（かぶりを振る）
  to shake one's head―（首を振る）―swing one's head from side to side
• この酒は頭へ上がる
  This wine gets into the head.
• 頭へ上がる酒
  heady wine
• 人の頭を打つ
  to strike one on the head―hit one over the head
• 子どもの頭をなでる
  to pat a child on the head
• （柱や壁に）頭をぶっつける
  to knock one's head against a post―bump one's head against the wall
• 二人で頭をぶっつけ合った
  We bumped our heads together
  I brought my head into collision with his.
• 頭を丸める
  to take the tonsure
• 頭が痛い
  My head aches
  I have a headache.
• 頭が割れるように痛い
  I have a splitting headache.
• 頭が痛いとか足が痛いとか言って出て来ない
  He will not come, saying he is sick or something.
• 頭がピンピンする、ガンガンする
  My head throbs
  I have a throbbing in the head.
• 頭が禿げる
  One's head grows bald
  One becomes bald.
• 僕の血統は頭が早く禿げる
  Premature baldness runs in my family.
• 頭禿げても浮気止まぬ
  He is an old sinner.
• 禿げ頭
  a bald head
  a bald pate
• しらが頭
  a gray head
  a white head
• ごましお頭
  a grizzled head
• しらくも頭
  a seald-head
• 稽古頭
  a head for a barber to practise upon
• 稽古頭にする
  to practise upon one's head 【イディオム・格言的には：】“A barber learns to shave by shaving fools.”
• 稽古頭になる
  to have one's head practised upon
• 頭のてっぺんから足の爪先まで
  from head to foot―from top to toe
• 頭から足の先まで人を見る
  to look over one from head to foot―（を面白く言うと）―look one up and down―measure a man from head to foot with one's eye
• 頭の毛
  the hair of the head―a head of hair
• 頭の鉢
  the brain-pan―the skull―the cranium

2

（＝頭脳）the head; the brain; brains; intellect

用例

• あの人は頭がよい
  He has a good head
  He has a clear head
  He is clear-headed.

• 頭の悪い
  He has a bad head
  He has a muddled head
  He is muddle-headed.
• 頭が無い
  He has no head―no brains.
• 緻密な頭を持っている
  He has a closely thinking head―a fine brain―a discriminating mind―He is a close thinker.
• 粗雑な頭を持っている
  He has a gross head―a coarse brain―an undiscriminating mind―He is a loose thinker.
• 冷静な頭を持っている
  He has a cool head
  He is cool-headed.
• 公平な頭を持っている
  He has a level head
  He is level-headed.
• 数学の頭がある
  He has a head for mathematics.
• 頭を使う
  to use one's head―do head-work―do intellectual work―exercise one's intellect
• 頭を使う仕事
  head-work―intellectual work
• ある思想を人の頭に入れる（叩き込む）
  to get an idea into one's head―beat an idea into one's head
• この考えがどうして彼の頭に入らぬ
  I can not get the idea into his head―beat the idea into his head.
• 間違った考えが彼の頭に染み込んでどうしても抜けない
  I can not get the notion out of his head―beat the notion out of his head.
• 頭を痛める、頭を悩ます
  to beat one's brains―cudgel one's brains―rack one's brains―ransack one's brains

3

（＝考え）an idea

• 僕はそういう頭でこの仕事を引き受けたのだ
  I undertook the work with that idea.

4

（＝頭髪）（a man's） hair; （a woman's） head-dress

用例

• 頭を刈る
  to cut one's hair

• 頭を刈って来る
  I am going to have my hair cut.
• 頭を剃る
  to shave one's head―（坊主になるの意味なら）―take the tonsure
• いがぐり頭
  close-cropped hair―a close-cropped head
• 妙な頭がはやる
  A curious style of head-dress is in fashion.

5

〈熟語〉

用例

• 彼は頭｛ず｝が高い
  He is proud―haughty.

• 頭が低い
  He is humble―condescending.
• 社会に頭を持ち上げる
  to become prominent―rise into prominence―make a figure―cut a figure―cut a conspicuous figure―cut a prominent figure―in society
• 彼は政界の大頭だ
  He is a conspicuous figure―a prominent figure―in the political world.
• 賃銀などの頭をはねる、頭を張る
  to squeeze the wages―cheat the men of their pay―（米国では）―take graft
• 人の頭を抑える
  to place a person under restraint―keep a person under control―keep a person under one's thumb
• そう頭を抑えられては困る
  I can not stand such restraint.
• 若い者は頭を抑えられるのをいやがる
  Young men are impatient of control.
• （何に）頭を突っ込む
  to pose one's nose into―thrust one's nose into―meddle in―dabble in―a matter
• 政界に頭を突っ込む
  to dabble in politics
• あの人は何にでもやたらに頭を突っ込む
  He has a finger in every pie.
• 頭を抱えて逃げる
  to retreat in disgrace―beat a disgraceful retreat
• （人の言う事を）頭からけなす、頭からかっけなす、頭からこなしつける
  to contradict one flatly―condemn one without a hearing
• 頭から冷水を浴びせられたような心地がした
  A cold shudder ran through me.
• 己が頭の蠅を追え
  “Mind your own business.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 頭かくして尻かくさず
  ostrich policy―fancied security―self-delusion
• 鰯の頭も信心から
  “Believe well and have well.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 正直の頭に神宿る
  God dwells in an honest heart
  “God defends the right.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 頭の黒い鼠
  a dishonest servant
  a thievish servant

読み方 かぶり

名詞

One's head

用例

• かぶりを振る
  to shake one's head

• いやとかぶり振る、かぶりを振って否む
  to refuse with a shake of the head
• うんとかぶりを縦に振る
  to nod assent
• いやとかぶりを縦に振る
  She says “No” and nods assent.

読み方 かしら

名詞

1

（＝あたま）the head

用例

• 恥じて頭を垂れる
  to hang one's head for shame

• お頭つき（の魚）
  a whole fish

2

（＝首領）a chief; a leader; a boss:（殊に鳶の頭）a head-fireman

用例

• 人の頭に立つ
  to stand a the head of men―be a leader （of men）―play first fiddle

• 彼は一方の頭と仰がれている
  He is looked up as the leader of his set.
• 何でも頭になれば好い
  One should be at the top of the tree.

読み方 とう

名詞

A head

用例

• 牛一頭、十頭の牛
  a head of cattle―ten head of cattle

• 一頭馬車
  a one-horse carriage
• 二頭立て
  a carriage and pair

読み方 つむり

名詞

The head

読み方 ず

名詞

The head

用例

• 頭が高い（!）
  Lower your head!―Bow your head!―Humble yourself!―（西洋風に言えば）―Down on your knees!

• あの人は頭が高い
  He is proud―haughty.
• 頭が低い
  He is humble―lowly.