- 長ける
- たける【長ける】have a talent〔…に対する〕才能がある〔for〕.¶ → 説得の才にたけた人¶ → わざにたけたボクサー* * *たける【長ける・闌ける】1 〔長じている〕 excel 《in…》; be proficient [well versed, at home, well up] 《in…》; be an expert 《in…》; be a master [mistress] 《of…》.
●世故に長けている be worldly-wise; be well versed in the ways of the world
・世故に長けた人 a person of the world
・奸知に長けている be cunning; be crafty; be wily; be a sly old fox
・…に長けている have a good knowledge of 《music》.
2 〔老いる〕 grow old; advance in life.●齢(よわい)長けて後 in one's advanced [declining] years.
3 〔盛りを過ぎる〕 be advanced; be well on; ripen.●春たけるにつれて as spring advances
・秋もたけた. Autumn has ripened [is well on, is well advanced].
・夜がたけるまで till the night is far advanced; into the depth of night
・日[年]がたけた. The day [year] is drawing to a [its] close.
4 〔高くのぼる〕 rise high.●日たけて起きる awake to find the sun already high in the sky.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.