独りぼっち

ひとりぼっち
alone
lonely
solitude

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ひとりぼっち【一人ぼっち， 独りぼっち】

¶ → 一人ぼっちの (独りぼっちの)

¶彼が目を覚ましてみると～だった

He woke to find that he was alone.

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ひとりぼっち【独りぼっち】

1 〔一人だけの人〕 《口》 a loner.

●いつもひとりぼっちで母の帰りを待っていた. I always used to wait (all) by myself for my mother to come home.

●ひとりぼっちになる be left alone; be left to oneself; be on one's own

・〔出て行く人に向かって〕 私をひとりぼっちにしないで. Don't leave me by myself [on my own].

●ひとりぼっちの alone; lonely; abandoned; 《be》 (all) on one's own; 《文》 solitary.

2 〔身よりも仲間もないこと〕 being on one's own; a solitary state.

●ひとりぼっちになる 〔介護者がいない〕 have no one to care for [look after] one; 〔自ら自分の世話をしなくてならない〕 have to look after oneself; be thrown on one's own resources [devices]

・〔死の床の夫に向かって〕 私をひとりぼっちにしないで. Don't leave me (on my own).

・両親が死んでひとりぼっちになった. My parents died and left me without anyone to look after me [to survive on my own].

●ひとりぼっちの lonely 《lifestyle》; solitary; 《be》 on one's own.

●ひとりぼっちなので残りの人生が不安です. There's no one to look after me [I'm on my own], so I worry about how I'm going to manage as I get older.