- 蓄え
- たくわえ【蓄え, 貯え】savings[複数扱い] (主に銀行・郵便局に預けた)預[貯]金(額), 蓄え
much [a little] savings 多くの[少しの]蓄え《◆×many [×a few] savings は不可》
life savings (一生かけてためた)蓄え.
**store〖C〗[時に ~s]〔…の〕蓄え, 貯蔵, 蓄積〔of〕.*stock〖C〗〖U〗貯蔵, 蓄え;(知識などの)蓄積a stock of provisions 食料の蓄え.
*reserve〖C〗《正式》[しばしば ~s; 単数扱い]〔…の〕蓄え, 備え〔of〕keep a reserve [some reserves] of food 予備の食料を蓄える.
¶ → …の蓄えが十分にある… (の貯えが十分にある)¶ → …の蓄えが乏しい… (の貯えが乏しい)* * *たくわえ【貯え・蓄え】〔貯えること〕 storing; hoarding; reservation; 〔貯えた物〕 a store; a hoard; a reserve; a supply; (a) stock; provisions; 〔貯金〕 savings; a fund.●水の蓄え a supply [stock] of water
・エネルギーの蓄え a store of energy
・冬の間の食糧の蓄え a stock of food [provisions] for the winter
・知識の蓄え a store of knowledge
・老後の貯え savings [money saved up] for one's old age
・なけなし[わずかばかり]の貯え what few supplies one has
・残り少ない蓄え the last remaining supply; the few remaining provisions.
●蓄えがある have sth in stock; have a supply 《of…》
・蓄えがある[ない] have some [no] savings; have some [no] money saved
・かなりの蓄えがある have quite a lot saved up [a nice nest egg]
・蓄えが乏しい be poorly supplied; have little in store
・燃料の蓄えが減ってきた. Our stock of fuel is running low.
・蓄えが底をつく reach the end of one's supply [bottom of the barrel]
・蓄えが尽きた. We have run out of provisions. | Our provisions have run out.
●これまでの貯えで食いつなぐ survive [eke out a living] on what one has saved up.
●蓄えに手をつける start to use [dip into] one's supplies.
●蓄えのある人 a person of means
・蓄えのない身 a person (like me) with nothing to his name.
●蓄えをする store; lay in; stock up 《on…》
・蓄えを持っている have a stock (of…); have sth saved up
・蓄えを切り崩す[取り崩す] dip into [use (up)] one's savings [supplies]
・蓄えを使い果たす exhaust one's supplies; run out of funds.
●もう一銭の貯えも残っていない. I don't have a penny of my savings left.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.