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きりょう:-りやう[1]【器量】
〔「器」は才能のあること。「量」は心の大きさ、徳のあること〕
①物の役に立つ才能・力量。「人の上に立つ-をもった人物」
②(「縹緻」とも書く)主に女性について、容貌(ようぼう)。顔立ち。みめ。「-がよい」
③主に男性について、その人の面目。価値。「-を上げる」
Similar words:
スキル 才能 才腕 才 甲斐性
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きりょう【器量】
1〔容貌〕one's (personal) appearance; one's looks
・器量のよい少女
a good-looking girl
・器量のよくない女
a 「plain(-looking) [《米》 homely] woman
・器量はまあまあだ
She has passably good looks.
・彼女は器量自慢だ
She is proud of her beauty.
2〔才能〕ability; caliber,《英》 calibre
・彼は大臣の器量がある
He has the ability [capacity] to be a minister of state./He is of ministerial caliber.
・彼は政治家としての器量を発揮した
He showed his competence as a statesman.
・彼はそれをすることによって大いに器量を上げた
He gained credit [prestige] by doing it.
・勇敢な行いによって器量を上げた
His brave act 「won him credit [raised him in the estimation of the people].
・恋人の面前で器量を下げさせられるなんて
What a trial for a man to lose face [his dignity] in the presence of his girlfriend!
器量人 a person of ability; a person of high caliber
・彼女は器量負けだった
〔顔立ちがよすぎて〕Her good looks proved to be her ruin.
・器量負けをした
〔多才すぎて〕He was too versatile to be successful./〔才能がありすぎて〕He failed because of an excess of talent.
器量よしa good-looking [pretty] woman
・彼女は器量よしだ
She has good looks.
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器量
読み方:きりょう
縹緻 とも書く
(1)
(名詞)
[対訳] looks (esp. of a woman); features; facial appearance; facial beauty
(2)
(名詞)
[対訳] ability; capability; capacity; calibre; caliber; talent
(3)
(名詞)
[対訳] (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit; dignity; honour
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