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いちばん

いちばん 一番 1 番号 番号 順位 実力などが 1 位 】number one, No .1 (!無冠詞 単数形で用いる ) .▸ 君が一番だ You are No. 1 .2 順位 【最初の [に ]】first ; 【一番の位置 】first place ; 【首席で 】at the top [head ] of .一番 (の )~▸ 彼は現場に一番乗りをした He was the first (person ) to arrive [that arrived ] at the spot .▸ 中田氏は知事候補の一番手だ Mr . Nakata is the most prospective candidate for governor .一番に ▸ 彼女はこの前の試験で一番になった She took [⦅英 ⦆ got a ] first place in the last exam .【最高得点を取った 】She had the best score on the last exam .▸ 彼は毎朝一番にラジオのニュースを聞く He listens to the news on the radio first thing in the morning .一番だ ▸ 彼はクラスで一番だ He is at the top [head ] of the class .He stands [ranks ] first in the class .▸ 彼女は100メートル競走で一番だった She took first place in the 100 -meter dash .She finished [came in ] first in the 100 -meter dash .【優勝した 】She won the 100 -meter dash .3 最も (!通例形容詞 副詞の最上級を用いて表す ) ▸ いちばん右の家 the first house on the [your ] right / the rightmost house .▸ いちばん北の港 the port farthest to the north / the northernmost port .▸ 洞穴のいちばん奥に farthest inside a cave / in the innermost [inmost ] depth of a cave .▸ 健康がいちばん (大切 )だ Health is the most important thing [is everything ].⦅やや書 ⦆Nothing is more important than health .▸ 休養と気分転換をお望みならば海が一番 (いい )If you want a rest and a change, then the sea is (the ) best . (!叙述用法では the を省略する方が普通 ) ▸ 彼はクラスでいちばんよく勉強する He is the most hard-working [works (the ) hard est ] of all the students in the class . (!後の方は最後の例のように比較級で表す方が普通 ) He is (the ) most hard-working [works (the ) hard est ] in the class .He is the most hard-working student in the class .He is more hard-working [works hard er ] than any other student in the class .▸ 彼は彼女がそれまでに出会った中でいちばん厳しい先生だった He was the strict est teacher (that ) she had ever met .▸ 春がいちばん好きだ I like spring (the ) best [most ].▸ 京都は秋がいちばん美しい Kyoto is (╳the ) most beautiful in the fall . (!同一の人や物の中で比べる場合通例 the をつけない cf. Kyoto is the most beautiful in Japan .) ▸ いろいろある中でこの辞書がいちばん安かった This dictionary was the cheap est [least expensive ] of all . (!後の方が婉曲的な言い方で, そこにあった辞書は話し手の判断ではすべて値段が高かったことを暗示. most the most inexpensive のように否定の接頭辞を持つ語と用いることは避けられる ) 4 最善 ▸ こういう問題は専門家に任せるのがいちばんだ Problems of this kind are best left to the experts . (!この best 副詞 well (適切に )の最上級 ) ▸ 彼は医者にみてもらうのがいちばんだ He should [had better , ⦅やや古 ⦆ had best ] see a doctor . (!should より had better の方が緊迫感を暗示 ) It is best for him to see [that he (⦅主に英 ⦆ should ) see, that he sees ] a doctor .5 【一勝負 】▸ 碁を一番打つ have a game of go .▸ 相撲を一番取る wrestle one bout of sumo .