英和和英

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名詞

1

A bone:（骸骨）a skeleton:（軟骨）cartilage

用例

• 骨だらけ
  bony

• これは骨の多い魚だ
  This is a bony fish.
• 骨ごと食べる
  You can eat it bone and all.
• 骨をしゃぶる
  to pick bones
• 骨に近いほど肉がうまい
  “The nearer the bone, the sweeter the flesh.”【イディオム・格言的】
• 喉に骨が立った
  A bone sticks in my throat.
• 喉に骨を引っかけた
  I have a bone in my throat.
• 骨が一本折れた
  A bone is broken.
• 骨は折れておらぬ
  No bones are broken.
• 骨を接ぐ
  to set a （broken） bone
• 骨を違える、骨をくじく
  to dislocate a bone―put a bone out of joint
• 彼は骨と皮ばかりになっている
  He is all skin and bones―a bag of bones―reduced to a skeleton―worn to a shadow.
• 病気して骨と皮ばかりになった
  Illness has reduced him to a skeleton.
• 明け方の寒さが骨に徹する
  The chill of morning penetrates to the bone.
• 両犬骨を争えば第三犬これを奪い去る
  When two dogs fight for a bone, a third dog runs away with it.
• 彼はまだ骨が固まらない
  He is still in the gristle.

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 彼の講話が骨に染みた
  His lecture has come home to my heart
  I am deeply impressed with his lecture.

• 俺が骨を拾ってやる
  I will take care of your remains―look after your remains.
• 役人の骨を拾う
  to employ a dismissed official
• どこの馬の骨やら
  He is God knows who―（女なら）―She is no better than she ought to be.

2

用例

• 骨を折る
  to take pains―take trouble―make efforts―use endeavours―exert oneself―labour

• 一つ骨を折ってみよう
  I will see what I can do（for you）.
• 骨を折った甲斐が無かった
  I have laboured in vain.
• 骨を折った甲斐があった
  I have not laboured in vain
  I have laboured to some purpose
  My labours are crowned with success.
• 彼は今度の著述にはだいぶ骨を折ったらしい
  He seems to have taken great pains over his new work.
• 一つお骨折りが願いたい
  I wish you would exert yourself in my behalf―use your influence in my behalf.
• 先生の教え方が好いから生徒は骨を折らずに覚える
  He teaches with such tact that the students learn without effort.
• あの女は俺に骨を折らせあがった
  She has cost me trouble―led me a pretty dance.

3

用例

• 骨が折れる
  It is hard work―much trouble.

• 英語を教えるのは骨が折れる
  It is hard work to teach English.
• 始めは骨が折れるがじきに慣れる
  You find it hard work at first, but you soon get used to it.
• 本を書くのは骨が折れる
  It is much trouble to write a book.
• 学校をあれだけにするにはだいぶ骨が折れたろう
  It must have cost him much trouble―cost him much labour―to make the school what it is.
• 漢字は学ぶに骨が折れる
  Chinese characters are hard to learn―troublesome to learn.
• 借金をしまいと思うと骨が折れる
  I have much to do―much ado to keep out of debt.
• （あまりおかしくて）笑わずにいるのに骨が折れた
  I had much ado to keep my countenance.
• これは骨の折れる仕事だ
  This is a laborious task―a toilsome task―an arduous task―a tough job.
• 骨の折れない仕事は無いか
  Isn't there an easy task?―a light task?―a soft job?
• 骨の折れる問題
  a stiff problem
• これからが骨だ
  Now comes the hardest part of the work.

4

用例

• 骨を惜む
  to spare oneself―be sparing of oneself

• 骨を惜しまぬ
  to spare no pains
• 彼は骨を惜しまずよく働く
  He is not sparing of himself.

5

用例

• 骨を休める
  to rest oneself after one's labours―rest one's wearied limbs

• 骨休め
  a well-earned rest

6

（＝気骨）spirit; soul

用例

• あれはちょっと骨のある男だ
  He is a man of spirit―a staunch fellow.

• 骨無しだ
  He has no spirit―no soul―no backbone.

7

（障子などの骨）a frame:（家や船などの骨） framework:（傘の骨）ribs:（扇子や団扇の骨）ribs; sticks

読み方 こつ

名詞

1

（＝ほね）a bone

• 骨学
  osteology

2

（＝遺骨）one's remains:（詩歌にては）one's ashes

用例

• 遺骸を骨にする
  to cremate the remains

• 遺骸を骨にして送れ
  Send the remains cremated.

3

（＝妙技、呼吸）a knack; a trick

用例

• これにはコツがある
  There is a knack in doing it.

• コツを覚える
  to get the knack―learn the trick―of doing anything
• コツを覚えると後は楽だ
  If you get the knack of doing it, you will find the rest easy.
• コツがなかなか覚わらない
  It is hard to learn the trick.
• コツはじきに覚わる
  You will learn the trick very soon.