成句・複合語：
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| a fate worse than death n | figurative (terrible misfortune) | ひどい不幸、ひどい災難 名
HHiraganaひどいふこう、ひどいさいなん |
| a fate worse than death n | euphemism, obsolete (loss of virginity) | 処女の喪失 名
HHiraganaしょじょのそうしつ |
better than,
be + better than expr | (superior to) | ～より良い、～より優れている 表
HHiragana～よりよい、～よりすぐれている |
| | (非形式的) | ～よりまし 表
HHiragana～よりまし |
| better than ever adj | (improved, even greater than before) | 前より良い、今までより良い 表現
HHiraganaまえよりよい、いままでよりよい |
| | I was sad yesterday, but now I'm better than ever. |
| better than nothing adj | (a small gain) | 何もないよりはましだ 表現
HHiraganaなにもないよりはましだ |
| | I hate soup, but it is better than nothing since I am hungry. |
| bigger than [sb/sth] adj + conj | (larger) (範囲・形状など) | ～より大きい 形
HHiragana～よりおおきい |
| | When he gets older, he will be bigger than his father. |
| bigger than [sb/sth] adj + conj | figurative (more important) | ～より重要である 形
HHiragana～よりじゅうようである |
| | (比喩) | ～より大きい 形
HHiragana～よりおおきい |
| | The Beatles were even bigger than Elvis. |
| different than [sth/sb] adj + prep | mainly US, colloquial (different from) | ～と違う、～と異なる 自動
HHiragana～とちがう、～とことなる |
| easier said than done adj | (difficult to do) | 口で言うほどたやすくない 表
HHiraganaくちでいうほどたやすくない |
| | (ことわざ) | 言うは易く行うは難し 表
HHiraganaいうはやすくおこなうはかたし |
| | Losing weight is easier said than done. |
| far more than prep | (a much greater quantity than) | ～より非常に多い 形
HHiragana～よりひじょうにおおい |
| | The Chinese army has far more than a few thousand soldiers. |
| far more than expr | (to a much greater degree than) | ～以上だ、～どころではない 形
HHiragana～いじょうだ、～どころではない |
| | After she cheated on him, Mike was far more than just mad at her. |
| faster than [sth/sb] adj + conj | (able to move more quickly than) | ～よりも速い 形
HHiragana～よりもはやい |
| | Superman is faster than a speeding bullet. |
| faster than [sth/sb] adj + conj | (less time-consuming than) | ～よりも素早い、～よりも速い 形
HHiragana～よりもすばやい、～よりもはやい |
| | Ian mostly eats ready-meals because they are faster than cooking from scratch. |
| holier-than-thou adj | pejorative (sanctimonious) (軽蔑的) | 取り澄ました、優等生ぶった 動詞句
HHiraganaとりすました、ゆうとうせいぶった |
know better than to do [sth],
know better than [sth] v expr | (be wise enough not to do [sth]) | ～のような馬鹿ではない
HHiragana～のようなばかではない |
larger-than-life,
larger than life adj | (very striking) | 強烈な、カリスマ的な 形
HHiragana |
| 注釈: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| | She's a larger-than-life character who is usually the centre of attention. |
| less + [adjective] than adv | (not as ... as) | 〜ほどではない 表
HHiragana〜ほどではない |
| | I find representational art less interesting than abstract art. |
| less than adj | (not as many as) (数) | ～未満の、～に満たない、～以下 形
HHiragana～みまんの、～にみたない、～いか |
| 注釈: sometimes considered incorrect; use 'fewer than' |
| | We have less than ten places available for students. |
| | 私達が受け入れられるのは10人以下の学生だ。 |
| less than adj | (not as much or as great as) | ～ほど…ない、～に満たない、未満、～以下、～より少ない、～より大きくない 形
HHiragana～ほど…ない、～にみたない、みまん、～いか、～よりすくない、～よりおおきくない |
| | She ate less than her brother. Five is less than seven. |
| | 彼女は弟ほど食べない。5は7より大きくない。 |
| more often than not adv | (usually) | だいたい、たいてい、いつも 副
HHiraganaだいたい、たいてい、いつも |
| | Our children's clothes are, more often than not, made in China. |
| more than prep | (a greater number or amount than) | ～より 副
HHiragana～より |
| | The other team wanted to win the game more than we did. |
| more than prep | (greater than adequate number) | ～より多い 形
HHiragana～よりおおい |
| | You have more books than you can ever read! |
| more than anything adv | (above all) | 何よりも、とりわけ 副
HHiraganaなによりも、とりわけ |
| | More than anything, Nina wanted to train to become a pilot. |
| more than anything adv | (above everything else) | 何よりも、一番 副
HHiraganaなによりも、いちばん |
| | Tim is interested in learning many foreign languages, but more than anything he wants to be able to speak Japanese. |
| more than enough n | (plenty) | 過剰 名
HHiraganaかじょう |
| | | 有り余るほど 副
HHiraganaありあまるほど |
| | It's unfair that some people are poor and starving while others have more than enough. |
| | 過剰に持てる人がいる一方で、貧しい人と飢えている人々がいるのは不公平である。 |
| more than enough [sth] expr | (plenty of [sth]) | 十分、たくさん 形
HHiraganaじゅうぶん、たくさん |
| | Please join us for dinner; there's more than enough food. |
| | ご一緒に夕食をどうぞ；食べ物がたんとありますから。 |
| more than ever adv | (to the greatest extent so far) | かつてないほど、これまでになく 副
HHiraganaかつてないほど、これまでになく |
| | Your adventure stories make me want to travel more than ever. After spending the weekend with him I like him more than ever. |
| | あなたの冒険話で私は今までかつてないほど旅行したいと思っている。彼と週末を過ごしてから、かつてないほど彼のことを好きになっている。 |
| more than expected adv | (greater degree than anticipated) | 期待［予想］以上に 副
HHiraganaきたい［よそう］いじょうに |
| | It rained more than expected last night. |
| more than expected n | (greater quantity than anticipated) (数量など) | 期待［予想］以上 副
HHiraganaきたい［よそう］いじょう |
| | The number of people attending the match was more than expected. |
| more than half n | (an amount or number greater than 50%) | 半分［50％］以上 名
HHiraganaはんぶん［ごじゅっぱーせんと］いじょう |
| | You were supposed to share the sweets equally but you have given him more than half. |
| more than one n | (a number greater than one) (数) | 2以上、2個以上、2人以上、一つより多いこと 名
HHiraganaにいじょう、にこいじょう、ふたりいじょう、ひとつよりおおいこと |
| | He says he has only had one beer, but the way he is behaving, it looks like he's had more than one. |
| more than one adj | (greater than one: of [sth]) | 2（個、人など）以上の、二つ以上の、複数の、一つより多くの 形
HHiraganaに（こ、ひとなど）いじょうの、ふたついじょうの、ふくすうの、ひとつよりおおくの |
| | | 一つや二つではない 形
HHiraganaひとつやふたつではない |
| | We will need more than one table as there are 12 people coming to dinner. |
| no later than prep | (on or before, by) | ～までに、～以内に 前
HHiragana～までに、～いないに |
| | Full payment must be received no later than two weeks before the start of the course. Rooms must be vacated no later than midday. |
| | 全額払いは授業が課程が始まる2週間までに受領されなければならない。 部屋を正午までに空け渡さなければなりません。 |
| no less than expr | (at least) | ～に負けず劣らず、～と同様もしくはそれ以上に 表
HHiragana～にまけずおとらず、～とどうようもしくはそれいじょうに |
| 注釈: Often used to add emphasis. |
| | That year, inflation was no less than 60%, and people saw a dramatic fall in the value of their savings. |
| | No less than 150 people entered the contest. |
| no less than expr | (equivalent to) | 〜と同じな、〜に等しい 形
HHiragana〜とおなじな、〜にひとしい |
| | The general said that declaring a no-fly zone would be no less than an act of war. |
| none other than [sb] expr | ([sb] well known) | ～で有名な 副
HHiragana～でゆうめいな |
| | We have with us today a man we all know, none other than the champion racer of the entire league. |
| | 本日は全リーグで優勝し、私たち誰もが知っているレーサーにお越しいただきました。 |
| not later than prep | (before, by) | ～より遅くならずに、～までに、～を締め切りとして、～を期限として、～までに必着で 前
HHiragana～よりおそくならずに、～までに、～をしめきりとして、～をきげんとして、～までにひっちゃくで |
| nothing more than expr | (merely, solely) | ～にすぎない、～でしかない 表
HHiragana～にすぎない、～でしかない |
| | Sympathy is nothing more than the understanding of someone else's feelings. |
| other than prep | (apart from) | ～以外
HHiragana～いがい |
| | There were no applications, other than the internal ones received earlier. |
| other than that expr | (apart from this, otherwise) | それ以外は 副
HHiraganaそれいがいは |
| | I am sensitive to nickel; other than that, I have no allergies. |
rather do [sth] than do [sth],
rather do [sth] than [sth] expr | (prefer to do) | ～よりも〜がしたい 表
HHiragana～よりも〜がしたい |
| | I'd rather watch a documentary than read a book. |
| | I'd rather go to a bar than the movies. |
| rather than conj | (in preference to) | ～よりもむしろ 接続
HHiragana～よりもむしろ |
| | I'll have wine rather than beer with my dinner. If you have a problem at school, it's worth speaking to your teacher rather than keeping quiet about it. |
| rather [sth] than [sth] adv + conj | (prefer to) | ～よりも〜がいい 表
HHiragana～よりも〜がいい |
| | I'd rather a badly paid job that I love than a well-paid one that I hate. |
| rather than conj | (in contrast to) | ～というよりも 表
HHiragana～というよりも |
| | The movie is more of a thriller rather than a horror film. |
| sooner than conj | (before, earlier than) | ～よりも早く 副
HHiragana～よりもはやく |
| | The train arrived much sooner than I had expected. |
| There is more to [sth] than meets the eye expr | (This is not what it seems) | 見かけによらない 形
HHiraganaみかけによらない |
| | It seems like he's vanished into thin air, but that's impossible. There's more to this situation than meets the eye. |
| worse than [sth/sb] adv + prep | (not as well as) | ～より下手に 形
HHiragana～よりへたに |
| | You can't possibly sing worse than me. |
| worse than [sth/sb] adj + prep | (more onerous in comparison) | ～よりつらい 形
HHiragana～よりつらい |
| | This project is worse than the last one. |
| worse than [sth/sb] adj + prep | (more unskillful in comparison) | ～より下手だ 形
HHiragana～よりへただ |
| | That player is worse than me. |
| younger than expr | (not as old as) | ～より若い、～より幼い、～より年下の 形
HHiragana～よりわかい、～よりおさない、～よりとししたの |
| | All of my siblings are younger than me. |