- 嗜み
- たしなみ【嗜み】*modesty〖U〗[ほめて] 節度, 控え目, 慎しみdecency〖U〗(言葉づかい・行動などの)上品さ, 礼儀正しさ*grace〖U〗〖C〗《正式》品位, 体面;潔い態度, 礼儀正しさ, たしなみ;(他人への)思いやり
have all the social graces 社交上のたしなみはすべて身につけている
*perfection[~s] 才芸.* * *たしなみ【嗜み】1 〔(芸事などの)心得; 教養〕 an [a cultural] accomplishment; culture; 〔趣味〕 (a) taste; a hobby; a pastime.●武士のたしなみ the necessary accomplishments of a samurai
・茶道のたしなみ (a) knowledge [mastery] of (the) tea ceremony
・かつて裁縫は家庭婦人のたしなみだった. Needlework used to be one of the accomplishments of a housewife.
●これでも多少は武芸のたしなみがある. I have some slight skill at martial art.
・日本舞踊のたしなみがあるだけに, 着物姿が決まっている. She looks all the better in her kimono for knowing something about Japanese dancing.
●長唄のたしなみのある人 a person accomplished at [with a taste for] nagauta.
●和歌を詠むことは平安貴族の当然のたしなみだった. Composing waka poems was naturally expected from Heian nobles.
・私など不調法で何のたしなみもありません. I'm quite uncultured, with no real hobbies.
2 〔ふだんの心がけ〕 a (regular) practice; a habit; 〔慎み〕 prudence; discretion; caution; 〔節度〕 modesty; temperance; 〔礼節〕 courtesy; decency; etiquette; decorousness; 〔上品さ〕 grace; elegance; decorum.●女のたしなみ female grace; feminine modesty
・老いのたしなみ the discretion of elderly people.
●彼女はそれを聞いても笑い出さないだけのたしなみがあった. She was discreet enough not to laugh at it.
・人前でいちゃいちゃしおって, このごろの若い者はまったくたしなみがない. Young people nowadays have no decency, making up to each other in public.
●たしなみのよい prudent; discreet; cautious; 〔行為などの〕 modest; 〔飲食などの〕 abstemious; 〔節制ある〕 temperate; 〔行儀のよい〕 courteous; decorous; 〔上品〕 graceful; elegant
・たしなみのよい人 a temperate [well-bred] person
・たしなみのない笑い声 an indiscreet laugh
・全然女のたしなみのない女性 a woman with no feminine gracefulness at all
・たしなみのなさ indelicacy; indecency; immodesty; forwardness.
●たしなみを忘れる abandon one's modesty
・彼が紳士のたしなみを身につけたのはその当時のことなのである. It was at that time in his life that he learned how to be a gentleman.
・老いても女のたしなみを忘れない retain one's female graces into old age.
●1 回目の誘いは断るのが淑女のたしなみってもんよ. A lady's modesty, of course, impels her to refuse an invitation the first time it's offered.
・こういうときは見て見ぬふりをするのが大人のたしなみというものだ. It's the done thing for an adult to pretend not to look at times like this.
・筆記具を常に携行するのは物書きのたしなみだ. A writer should make a practice [habit, point] of always carrying around writing materials.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.