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- [難] ¶→食糧難の時代¶→財政難にある¶私が大学を出た時は就職~でしたJobs were tight when I graduated from college.¶うそをついて~をのがれるlie oneself [one's way] out of trouble.南
south
難
difficulty
hardships
defect
何
what* * *Iなん【難】¶ → 食糧難の時代¶ → 財政難にある¶私が大学を出た時は就職~でしたJobs were tight when I graduated from college.¶うそをついて~をのがれるlie oneself [one's way] out of trouble.IIなん―【何―】①[疑問]〔なに〕**what〖代〗[通例文頭で;wh 疑問文]何, どんなもの[こと]What's the baggage limit? 手荷物は何キロまで持ち込めますか
What's the score now? 今何点ですか;《略式》形勢はどうなった?(=How does the score stand?).
〖形〗[疑問形容詞]何の, 何という, どんなWhat [×How much] percentage of people die of cancer every year? 毎年何%の人が癌(がん)で死亡するのですか.
**how〖副〗どれほど, どれくらいHow old is John? ジョンは何歳ですか
How many books do you have? 本を何冊持っていますか《◆この場合の many には「多数」という含みはない》
How many pieces of baggage can I take on the airplane with me? 機内へは何個荷物を持ち込めますか
How many presidents have there been [were there] before Kennedy in the United States? ケネディは合衆国の何代目の大統領ですか (=Which President of the United States is Kennedy?)
②[不定の数]〔数…, いくつ, どのくらい〕**several〖S〗[通例限定](少ない感じで)いくつかの; (多い感じで)いくつもの, かなり多くのShe wrote several critical works on Gandhi. 彼女はガンジーについて評論を何福ゥ書いた
collect several pieces of wood たき木を何本か集める.
**some[限定][肯定文で]いくらかの, 多少の《◆不定の数や量を漠然とさす》; (数量が)かなりのThere were some dictionaries on the shelf. その棚には辞典が何冊か置いてあった《◆ Some [Three] dictionaries were on the shelf. でも誤りではないが不自然. Some [Three] dictionaries were lying [stood] on the shelf. は可》
He walked some miles. 彼は何マイルも歩いた.
▲a lot of books 何冊もの本
go into a pub and have a few パブに入って何杯か飲む
We have had little rain for weeks. 何週間も雨らしい雨が降っていない
dozens (and dozens) of books 何十冊もの本
by the hundreds 何百となく《◆ by the hundred, by hundreds ともいう》
thousands of locusts 何千ものバッタ
The plains stretches for miles. 平原が何マイルも延びている.
* * *Iなん【何】●何とも ⇒なんとも
・何なりと ⇒なんなりと.
●何で =なんで
・この生地は何でできているんだろう. I wonder what this cloth is made of.
・なんでいつもこうなってしまうの? Why does it always have to turn out like this?
●何としても ⇒なんとしても
・何と言っても ⇒なんといっても
・何と言う ⇒なんという.
●何にしても[しろ] ⇒なんにしても
・何にもならない be vain; be fruitless; be of no use; be good for nothing
・そんなことをして何になると言うの. Just what do you think is the good of doing that?
●何の ⇒なんの
・何の考えもない人たち unthinking people
・彼は何の役にも立たない男だ. He is no good [good for nothing].
・それは何の本ですか. What book would that be?
・主役の君が来なくて何のパーティーだ. What kind of party would it be if you didn't come? (You're the main attraction!)
●今のがストライクでなくて何だって言うんだ. What do you call that if not a strike?
・自分で言うのもなんですが…. I flatter myself that….
・父親の私が言うのもなんだが, 娘はなかなか頭がいいと思う. As a father I may be partial, but I think my daughter is quite intelligent.
・こう言ってはなんですが…. If I may be permitted to say so…. | Though I shouldn't be the one to say this, ….
・なんだったら if you have no objection
・なんでしたら私が聞いてみましょうか. If you don't mind, shall I ask for you?
・いま何て言ったの? What did you say?
・彼は貧乏の何たるかを知っている. He is fully aware what it is like to be poor. | He knows all that poverty can tell.
II・何でもありません. 〔大丈夫かと聞かれて〕 I'm all right. | 〔何かあったのかと聞かれて〕 Nothing (《英》 has) happened. | Nothing's the matter. [⇒なんでもない]
なん【男】〔子息〕 a son.III●私は二男一女の母です. I am (the) mother of two sons and one daughter.
なん【難】1 〔困難〕 trouble; difficulty; hardship.●住宅難 ⇒じゅうたくなん
・生活難 ⇒せいかつなん
・就職難 ⇒しゅうしょくなん.
●難中の難 the hardest of all
・彼女を納得させることは難中の難だ. Nothing can be more difficult than to convince her.
・難なく ⇒なんなく.
●難に当たる face [tackle] the difficulty; grapple with the situation.
●難を避け易(やす)きにつく人が多いのは当然だ. It is natural that many people should avoid difficult methods and seek easy ones.
2 〔災難〕 an accident; a mishap; a disaster; a calamity; 〔危難〕 danger; a peril.●難にあう meet with a disaster [an accident].
●難を逃れる[免れる] escape danger
・難を避ける take refuge in 《a place》; seek refuge with sb; find shelter 《in…》
・国外に難を避ける go abroad for safety.
●一難去ってまた一難. ⇒いちなん2.
3 〔欠点〕 a blemish; a flaw; a defect; a fault.●彼女は美声だが多少声量に難がある. She has a beautiful voice but it's somewhat lacking in volume.
●彼には難のつけどころがない. He is free from faults.
●難を言えば to be critical
・ただ一つ難を言えば… the only drawback is that…
・強いて難を言えばモデルとしては背が少し低い. The only defect she has as a model is that she is rather short in stature.
●少々難あり. 4 割引. 〔商品表示〕 Slightly damaged: 40 percent off.
IV●今回の君の行為はやはり軽率だとの難を免れないだろう. Your behavior this time is, after all, open to the charge of rashness.
なん-【何-】●何時間 ⇒なんじかん
・50何年前 fifty-odd years ago
・20何人の学生 a couple of dozen students
・身長 190何センチ, 体重 100何キロとかの巨漢 a big man of over 190 centimeters in height and weighing more than 100 kilos
・2 千何百万 twenty-odd millions
・4 時何分かの列車 a train at something after four; the four something train
・何百[千, 万]という hundreds [thousands, tens of thousands] of…
・何百羽もの鳥の群れ a flock of hundreds of birds
・何百何千とある be counted by the hundreds and thousands
・何百匹となくとれる be caught by the hundred
・何百メートルとも知れない深さ 《a chasm》 unknown hundreds of meters deep.
●それは何百万ドルもかけた映画だった. It was a multimillion-dollar movie.
・彼にとって私は何十人といる患者の一人に過ぎなかった. I was nothing more to him than one among his dozens of patients.
・彼はすでに 70何歳かになるはずだ. He must already be in his seventies.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.