spare

予備の、余分な

今使っているものや必要なものに加えて、余裕としてある。

やさしい英語で： Available in addition to what is being used or needed.

• Do you have a spare pen?
• Guests sleep in the spare room.
• I keep spare batteries in my bag.

類義語： extra, additional

よく使う表現： spare key, spare room, spare parts, spare wheel

暇な、自由な

仕事や義務がなく、自分の好きなことに使える時間についていう。

やさしい英語で： Available for your own activities because you do not have to work or do other duties.

• I read in my spare time.
• She spent a spare afternoon painting.
• Do you have a spare moment to talk?

類義語： free, available

よく使う表現： spare time, spare moment, spare afternoon

余った

自分には必要なく、人にあげたり使ったりできる少額のお金についていう。

やさしい英語で： Describing small amounts of money you can give or spend without needing them yourself.

• Have you got any spare change?
• He put his spare change in a jar.
• She donated some spare cash to the shelter.

類義語： extra

よく使う表現： spare change, spare cash

簡素な

家具や飾り、細かい要素がとても少なく、すっきりしている。

やさしい英語で： Simple, with very little furniture, decoration, or detail.

• The design is spare and elegant.
• Her writing has a spare style.
• The room looked spare, with just a bed and chair.

類義語： plain, minimal

反対語： ornate

よく使う表現： spare design, spare room, spare style

痩せた、細身の

背が高く、体が痩せて細い。

やさしい英語で： Tall and thin in body shape.

• He was a spare man with grey hair.
• Her spare figure stood in the doorway.
• Age had made his once strong frame spare.

類義語： lean, thin

よく使う表現： spare figure, spare frame, spare man

割く、分けてあげる

自分になくても困らない時間やお金、物を誰かのために使ったり与えたりする。

やさしい英語で： To give someone some time, money, or another thing you can manage without.

• Can you spare a minute?
• She spared me some money for lunch.
• We cannot spare anyone to help today.

使い方： spare someone something (Can you spare me a few minutes?); spare something for someone/something (Could you spare some money for the shelter?)

類義語： give, provide

よく使う表現： spare some time, spare someone something, spare a minute

余る

必要な量を超えて、時間やお金、物が残っている。

やさしい英語で： To have more time, money, or other things than you need.

• We have money to spare.
• She arrived with five minutes to spare.
• There is room to spare in the car.

使い方： have something to spare (We have plenty of food to spare.); with something to spare (He finished with ten minutes to spare.)

類義語： have left over

よく使う表現： time to spare, money to spare, room to spare

免れさせる

誰かが嫌な思いをせずに済むようにする。

やさしい英語で： To prevent someone from having an unpleasant experience.

• Please spare me the details.
• His quick reply spared us a wasted journey.
• She was spared the embarrassment of explaining her mistake.

使い方： spare someone something (I wanted to spare her the worry.); spare someone from something (The shortcut spared us from a long walk.)

類義語： save

よく使う表現： spare someone something, spare someone the trouble