窺う
1〔そっとのぞく〕peep ((into))私は戸の透き間から部屋の中をうかがったI peeped into the room through the narrow opening betwee...
失う
1〔無くす〕lose賭事かけごとで財産をすっかり失うgamble away one's entire fortune/lose one's entire fortune at the gambl...
得難い
〔手に入れにくい〕hard [difficult] to get [obtain];〔まれな〕rare;〔貴重な〕precious, pricelessこの種の本はなかなか得難いIt's ver...
折
⇒きかい(機会),じき(時機)折をみて借金の話を切り出したI waited for a suitable time [moment] and then broached [raised] the...
活用
1〔応用〕practical use; applicationここでは英語が活用できないI cannot put my knowledge of English to practical use...
機
⇒きかい(機会),こうき(好機)1〔機会,時機〕a chance ((for; to do));an opportunity ((for; to do));the time; the right...
機縁
a chance; an opportunity ⇒きかい(機会)
機会
a chance, an opportunity ((for; to do))絶好の機会を逃すmiss 「a perfect chance [a golden opportunity]/let ...
切っ掛け
〔初め〕a start;〔機会〕a chance, an opportunity;〔手掛かり〕a clue, a lead話の切っ掛けをつかむseize an opportunity to sp...
気長
気長な 〔忍耐強い〕patient;〔ゆうゆうとした〕leisurely気長に 〔忍耐強く〕patiently;〔悠長に〕at a leisurely pace, unhurriedly気長な人...