誰か

だれか
someone
somebody

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だれか【誰か】

1 〔特定できない人〕 somebody; someone; anybody; anyone.

●だれか適当な人 somebody [anybody] suitable; some suitable person

・だれかほかの人に聞いてください. Please ask somebody else.

・〔授業などで〕 じゃあ, 次の問題を, だれかほかの人. So, the next question, let's have somebody else.

・これはぼくのじゃない, だれかほかの人のだよ. That's not mine. It's somebody else's.

・だれか代わりの人を捜そう. Let's look for somebody else instead.

●だれかが向こう岸から私を呼んでいた. Somebody was calling me from the opposite bank.

●だれかに自転車を盗まれた. Somebody stole my bicycle. | I had my bicycle stolen (by somebody).

●だれか! 〔助けを呼ぶとき〕 (Somebody!) Help!; 〔人を呼ぶとき〕 (訪問先で) Is anybody there? | Anybody (at) home?; (家来を召し出す) A servant!; Help!

・だれか早く来て. Somebody, come quickly.

・だれかこの仕事をやってくれませんか. Could someone do this job?

・だれか玄関に来てる. Someone is [There's someone] at the door.

2 〔わざと特定しないで人をさす場合〕

●そんなことしてるとまただれかににらまれるよ. If you keep doing that, old what's-his-name will have it in for you again.

だれかさん (Mr.) So-and-so.

●〔夫をさして〕 だれかさんはちっとも家事を手伝ってくれないものね. Somebody [You-know-who] never helps me with the housework.

・だれかさんのように[だれかさんと違って]秘密主義ではないんだ. I'm not secretive like someone I know.

・どこかのだれかさんではあるまいし. ⇒どこか.