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)

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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.