どうぐ【道具】
- I
- 1〔用具〕a tool;〔比較的精密なもの〕an instrument;〔家事に使うもの〕a utensil;〔設備〕equipment
- 生物実験道具
- instruments for biological experiments
- 商売道具
- the tools of one's trade
- 家財道具
- 〔家具〕furniture/〔総称〕household belongings
- 彼女のテニスは道具ばかり立派だな
- The only thing good about her tennis is her equipment.
- 2〔備わっているもの〕
- あの人は顔の道具がまずい
- His features are ill-proportioned.
- II〔他人に利用されるもの〕
- 結婚を出世の道具にする
- use marriage as a tool for one's advancement
- あいつは親方の道具に使われた
- He became a tool in the hands of his boss.
- 道具方〔小道具〕a propman, a property man;〔大道具〕a sceneshifter
- 道具立てarrangement of necessary tools;〔準備〕preparation
- 道具立ては一切済んだ
- We have finished all the preparations.
- 道具箱a toolbox; a tool chest
- 道具屋a curio dealer;〔古物商〕a dealer in secondhand articles