成句・複合語：
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| at the very least expr | (emphatic: and no less) | 最低でも、最小限、少なくとも 副
HHiraganaさいていでも、さいしょうげん、すくなくとも |
| | I would offer to pay half the cost, at the very least. |
| at the very least expr | (emphatic: as the minimum) | ぎりぎり最低限 副
HHiraganaぎりぎりさいていげん |
| | At the very least you need to call her and say thank you. |
before your eyes,
right before your eyes,
before your very eyes adv | (right in front of you) | 目の前で 副
HHiraganaめのまえで |
| | His father was murdered right before his eyes. |
| do very little business v expr | (have few commercial dealings) | さっぱり売れない、商売にならない、閑古鳥が鳴く、開店休業状態 表
HHiraganaさっぱりうれない、しょうばいにならない、かんこどりがなく、かいてんきゅうぎょうじょうたい |
the image,
the very image,
the very image of [sth/sb] n | (copy) | 写し 名
HHiraganaうつし |
| | This painting is the very image of the original. |
the image,
the very image of [sth] n | figurative (embodiment) (比喩) | 象徴 、 典型 、 化身 名
HHiraganaしょうちょう 、 てんけい 、 けしん |
| | He was the image of male aggressiveness. |
| in a very real sense adv | (genuinely or literally) | 本質的には、実は 副
HHiraganaほんしつてきには、じつは |
| | Our family was puritan in a very real sense: never smoked, swore, drank, or even danced. |
| in the very act adv | (committing this crime) | 現行犯で、犯行中に 連用句
HHiraganaげんこうはんで、はんこうちゅうに |
| | I caught my dog in the very act of eating the steak I had bought for dinner. |
| not very adv | (hardly, only a little) | あまり～ない 副
HHiraganaあまり～ない |
| | That's not very nice of you. I'm not very interested in football. |
| | それはあまり親切な行動ではありません。 私はあまりアメリカンフッドボールに興味がありません。 |
| speak very highly of [sb] v expr | (say good things about [sb]) | 絶賛する、褒めちぎる 他動
HHiraganaぜっさんする、ほめちぎる |
| | My son's teacher speaks very highly of him; she says he's a great student. |
| thank you very much interj | (many thanks) (会話) | ありがとうございました
HHiraganaありがとうございました |
| | Thank you very much; you've been very helpful. |
that's all very well,
but expr | informal (nevertheless, even so) | それはいいんだけど 表
HHiraganaそれはいいんだけど |
| | That's all very well, but it still doesn't explain why you didn't finish the work. |
| the very thing n | (precisely what is required or specified) | その物 名
HHiraganaそのもの |
| this very minute adv | (immediately, without delay) | 今すぐ 副
HHiraganaいますぐ |
| | I need an answer this very minute! |
| very bad adj | (awful, terrible) | ひどい、とんでもない、劣悪な 形
HHiraganaひどい、とんでもない、れつあくな |
| | She is in bed with a very bad case of the flu. |
| | Trixie, you are being a very bad dog. |
| very best n | (utmost) | 最上（級）、最高 名
HHiraganaさいじょう（きゅう）、さいこう |
| | The doctors tried their very best, but they were unable to save the patient. |
| very few adj | (not many) | （数が）少ない 形
HHiragana（かずが）すくない |
| | There are very few pills left in the bottle; I need to call the doctor to get a new prescription. |
| very few adj | (rare) | 極めて（非常に）少ない、ほとんどない 形
HHiraganaきわめて（ひじょうに）すくない、ほとんどない |
| very good adj | (excellent) | 優れた、上等の、上出来の 形
HHiraganaすぐれた、じょうとうの、じょうできの |
| | I don't understand; he used to make very good grades. |
| very good interj | formal (very well, certainly) | よくやった、上出来だ 間投
HHiraganaよくやった、じょうできだ |
| | Very good then, I'll see you in the morning. |
| very light adj | (highly illuminated) | とても明るい 形
HHiraganaとてもあかるい |
| | The room was very light; I was dazzled as I walked in. |
| very light adj | (extremely lightweight) | とても軽い、超軽量の 形
HHiraganaとてもかるい、ちょうけいりょうの |
| | A feather is very light object. |
| very like prep | (almost identical to) | ～と酷似している
HHiragana～とこくじしている |
| | One sparrow is very like another to human eyes. |
| very likely adj | (highly probable) | ～の可能性が非常に高い 形
HHiragana～のかのうせいがひじょうにたかい |
| | I think it very likely that we will get some rain tonight. |
| very little adv | (hardly anything) | ほんの少し、極わずか 副
HHiraganaほんのすこし、ごくわずか |
| | When Lynn got sick, she asked her parents for help, but they did very little. |
| very little adj | (not much) | ほとんど無い、非常に少ない 形
HHiraganaほとんどない、ひじょうにすくない |
| | The news report provided very little useful information. |
| very little n | (a small quantity) | ほんの少し、極わずか 名
HHiraganaほんのすこし、ごくわずか |
| very many adj | (a large number of) | 非常に多くの、大多数の 形
HHiraganaひじょうにおおくの、だいたすうの |
| very many adj | (large in number) | 多々、千万 形
HHiraganaたた、せんまん |
| very much adv | (greatly) | 非常に 副
HHiraganaひじょうに |
| | I like him very much. |
| very much n | (a large amount) | 多量、多数 名
HHiraganaたりょう、たすう |
| very much like adj | (similar to) | ～によく似ている、～のような 形
HHiragana～によくにている、～のような |
| very often adv | (frequently) | しょっちゅう、頻繁に、何度も 副
HHiraganaしょっちゅう、ひんぱんに、なんども |
| | Hoverflies are very often mistaken for wasps, but they do not sting. |
| very pale adj | (complexion: white) (顔色) | 青白い 形
HHiraganaあおじろい |
| | | 青ざめた、（顔面）蒼白の 形
HHiraganaあおざめた、（がんめん）そうはくの |
| | Due to his very pale complexion he had to protect himself from the sun. |
| very pale adj | (faded, light) | 色褪せた 形
HHiraganaいろあせた |
| | They painted their shutters a very pale shade of green that looked almost yellow. |
| very reverend adj | (form of address for church minister) (肩書き・敬称) | 尊敬すべき、尊い（～師） 形
HHiraganaそんけいすべき、とうとい（～し） |
| | The very reverend Rudy Johnson will speak at the dinner tonight. |
| very short adj | (extremely brief) (時間) | ごくわずかな、あっという間の 形
HHiraganaごくわずかな、あっというまの |
| | Some of Ernest Hemingway's stories are very short. |
| very short adj | (not tall) (高さ) | とても低い 形
HHiraganaとてもひくい |
| | He's only 5 feet tall. He's very short. |
| very short adv | (abrupt, rude) | 急に、またたく間に 副
HHiraganaきゅうに、またたくまに |
| | She must be mad at me since she was very short with me when I asked her how she was. |
| very soon adv | (in a short while from now) (時期) | すぐに、近いうちに 副
HHiraganaすぐに、ちかいうちに |
| | We will be leaving very soon. |
| very soon adv | (rapidly) | 早急に、たちまち、すぐに 副
HHiraganaさっきゅうに、たちまち、すぐに |
| very well adv | (successfully) | うまい具合に 連用句
HHiraganaうまいぐあいに |
| | | うまく 形
HHiraganaうまく |
| | He patched the hole in the wall very well: you'd never know it was there. |
| very well interj | (expressing consent) | いいよ、けっこう、いいだろう 感動
HHiraganaいいよ、けっこう、いいだろう |
| | Very well, then: you may go out tonight, but you must be home by midnight. |