蓄え

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.

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