棚

たな
shelves
rack

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たな【棚】

*shelf

(複shelves)〖C〗

put up a shelf 棚をつる

The dishes belong on ［under］ this shelf. その皿の置き場所はこの棚の上［下］だ

get the book down from the shelf 棚から本を降ろす

continental shelf 大陸棚

*rack

〖C〗(乗物の)(網)棚；［複合語で］ …棚

a hay rack まぐさ棚

a luggage rack 荷物棚

*ledge

〖C〗(壁面の細長い棚状の)出っ張り， 棚

The fall from the ledge broke his leg. 岩棚から落ちて彼は脚の骨を折った.

▲The pot calls the kettle black. ((ことわざ))鍋が釜を黒いという；自分のことは棚に上げて他人を非難する.

¶ → 棚からぼたもち

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たな【棚】

1 〔物を置くための〕 a shelf 《pl. shelves》; 〈集合的〉 shelving; (網･格子状の) a rack; (壁から出張ったもの) a ledge; (炉の側面の) a hob; (炉の上の) a mantelpiece.

●壁につけた棚 a wall shelf; a shelf on a wall.

●棚が足りない. There isn't enough shelving. | There aren't enough shelves.

●棚に置く put [place] sth on a shelf

・棚には本や CD が置いてある. There are books and CDs on the shelves. | Books and CDs have been put on the shelves.

●棚を吊る put up [make] a shelf; fix [attach] a shelf 《to the wall》

・棚を高く[低く]する raise [lower] a shelf

・棚を造るための材料をそろえる gather together materials to make shelves [shelving materials].

2 〔フジ･ブドウなどの〕 a trellis; trelliswork; a lattice; latticework; an arbor.

●ブドウ棚 a vine trellis; an arbor of (grape)vines.

3 〔海中で魚が群れている層〕 the depth where the fish (one is trying to catch) are swimming [feeding]; the right fishing depth.

棚からぼたもち 《It is》 a piece [a bit, an unexpected piece] of (good) luck; a windfall; 〔窮地を救う〕 a godsend.

●棚からぼたもちは落ちてこない. You must sow before you can reap. | Nothing is [comes] free. | There's no such thing as a free lunch. | No pain, no gain. 【諺】

棚に上げる

●自分のことを棚に上げる shut one's eyes to [forget, fail to notice] one's own faults [blemish]; do not see the beam in one's own eye

・自分のことは棚に上げて人のことを責めるたぐいだ. It's (a case of) the pot calling the kettle black. 【諺】

・自分のことを棚に上げて人をとがめる see the mote in another's eye but fail to see the beam in one's own eye; see what's wrong with other people but not what's wrong with oneself

・自分の怠慢は棚に上げて, 厳しすぎるだのと文句ばかり言う. He forgets how lazy he is and just keeps complaining how strict other people are.

陳列棚 a display shelf.

棚受け a bracket; a shelf support.

棚付け putting up a shelf; shelving; 【農】 〔ブドウなどの〕 trellising.

棚吊り 【冶金】 〔溶鉱炉の〕 a scaffold.