- 言付け
- ことづけ【言付け】message〖C〗〔…への〕伝言, 伝達事項〔for, to〕
May I leave a message with him? 彼に言付けをお願いできますか.
* * *ことづけ【言付け・託け】a message.~する =ことづける.●〔留守中に人が来たと聞いて〕 私に何か言づけがありましたか. Did he leave any message for me?
・〔訪れた人に向かって〕 彼から何か言づけがありますか. Did he give you any message for me? | Did he tell you to give me a message?
・矢吹さんから電話でお言づけがありました. There's a telephone message (for you) from Mr. Yabuki. | Mr. Yabuki left a phone message for you.
・今夜来ると彼からの言づけがあった. There was [He sent] a message that he'd come this evening.
・父は留守です. 何かお言づけがあればうかがっておきましょう. My father isn't here. Can [《米》 May] I take a message? | My father is out. Would you like to leave [me to give him] a message? | My father isn't here. Is there anything you'd like me to tell him?
●言づけを伝える pass on [deliver] a message 《from sb》
・言づけを持って行く take sb a message 《from Mr. Tanaka》; 《文》 carry word; bear a message
・〔人の留守に来て〕 …という言づけをする leave a message that…
・電話での言づけを受け取る receive [get] a telephone message.
●彼に頼んだ言づけは届きましたか. Did you get the message I asked him to deliver?
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.