箭

や【矢･箭】

1 〔武器の〕 an arrow; a shaft; (長矢) a cloth yard shaft; (太矢) a bolt; (投げ矢) a dart.

●火矢 ⇒ひや²

・二の矢 ⇒にのや.

●矢状の shaped like an arrow tip; arrowlike; arrow-shaped; sagittal

・刀折れ矢尽きて ⇒かたな.

●白羽の矢が立つ ⇒しらは²

・矢がうなりを上げて飛んできた. An arrow came whistling in.

・矢が盾を射抜いた. The arrow pierced the shield.

・矢が鎧(_よろい)の胸板に突き立った. The arrow stuck in the armor's breastplate.

・矢が頭上から雨のごとく降り注いだ. The arrows poured down on their heads like rain.

●彼は矢でも鉄砲でも持ってこいという心境でリングに上がった. He climbed into the ring with a reckless determination, ready for anything.

・エーイこうなったら矢でも鉄砲でも持ってきやがれってんだ! If this is how it's going to be, come on then, bring on all the devils in hell!

●矢の雨 a shower of arrows

・矢の(ような)催促をする make persistent requests 《for…》; press sb hard 《for…》

・…から矢の(ような)催促が来る be plagued by insistent requests [importunities] from…

・矢のような 〔速い〕 swift as an arrow; 〔催促などが頻繁な〕 incessant as a stream of arrows

・矢のように 〔速く〕 with arrowlike swiftness; 〔頻繁に〕 ceaselessly

・矢のように飛ぶ shoot like an arrow; fly with the speed of an arrow [lightning speed]

・楽しい日々は矢のように過ぎ去り, たちまち別れの日が来た. The happy days flew by with arrowlike swiftness and before we knew it, it was time to say goodbye.

・光陰矢のごとし. ⇒こういん⁵

・帰心矢のごとし. ⇒きしん².

●矢も盾(_たて)もたまらない be unable to restrain oneself 《from doing》; feel (strongly) compelled [be dying] 《to do》

・矢も盾もたまらず(に) under a powerful [an irresistible] compulsion; unable to restrain oneself

・急に彼女の顔が見たくなり, 矢も盾もたまらず列車に飛び乗った. Suddenly he wanted to see her face, and, unable to restrain himself, he hopped aboard a train.

●弓に矢をつがえる fix [notch] an arrow to the bowstring

・矢を射る[放つ] shoot [send, discharge, let fly, loose] an arrow 《at…》

・質問の矢を放つ fire questions 《at sb》; discharge [fire off] a volley [barrage] of questions 《at sb》

・矢を払いのける sweep an arrow aside

・矢を防ぐ ward off an arrow (with a shield)

・柱に突き刺さった矢を引き抜く pull out an arrow from the pillar where it struck.

●矢は的の真ん中に当たった. The arrow hit the target right in the center [bull's-eye].

・矢は深々と虎の胸を貫いた. The arrow struck deep into the tiger's breast.

・矢はわずかに的をはずれた. The arrow missed the target by a hairbreadth.

2 〔くさび〕 a wedge.

●矢を入れる[はめる] drive in a wedge.

矢音 the whistling [whizzing] of an arrow.

矢羽根 the feathers of an arrow.