直き - Weblio 英和・和英辞典 (original) (raw)
読み方 じき
名詞
（＝直取引き）a direct transaction; a spot transaction
形容詞相当語句
（＝直｛じか｝に）direct; immediate; personal:（=に） directly; immediately; personally; in person
用例
直輸入、直輸出
direct import―direct export
直談判
direct negotiation―personal negotiation
直に談判した方が好い
You had better negotiate with him in person―speak direct to him.
副詞
1
（=に）（＝間も無く）soon; presently; in a minute
用例
彼はじきに来る
He will be here very soon―presently.
じきに用意ができます
I shall be ready in a minute.
もうじきに寒に入る
The cold weather will soon set in.
じきに行ってじきに帰る
I shall be there in a trice, and be back in a jiffy.
2
用例
この子はじきに覚える
The child learns quickly
The child is quick at learning.
ガラスはじきにこわれる
Glass vessels break easily
Glass vessels are apt to break.
副詞、前置詞相当語句
（＝じき近く）near by, close by, hard by, just by （a place）; close upon, nigh upon （the time）
用例
学校はここからじきだ
The school is near by―close by―only a little way from here―only a step from here.
学校までじきだ
It is only a little way to the school―**only a step to** the school.
そこは学校からじきだ
It is only a little way from the school―**only a step from** the school―**near by** the school―**close by** the school.
学校はもうじきだ
The school is near at hand.
学校のじき近くに宿を決めた
I have taken up my quarters near by the school―**close by** the school.
僕の所は学校へじきで五分かからない
I live within five minutes' walk of the school.
その家はじき向こうだ
The house is right opposite ours.
医者の家はじきこの横町だ
The doctor lives just round the corner.
その人の家はじき隣だ
He lives next-door to our house
He is our next-door neighbour.
もうじき十二時だ
It is nigh upon twelve―**on the stroke of** twelve.
彼はもうじき四十だ
He is close upon forty.
試験はもうじきだ
The examination is close at hand.
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