難訳和英ビジネス は行

Question 1

倍返しだ

しっぺ返し

Answer 1

I’ll fire back at him.

I’ll give you as much I get.

Question 2

配慮

Answer 2

Thoughtfulness

Question 3

白熱論戦

Answer 3

The air is filled with a charge of electricity.

Question 4

恥を忍んで頭を下げる

Answer 4

Swallow your pride and beg.

Question 5

恥ずかしながら(弁解の余地はない)

Answer 5

Guilty as charged.

Question 6

やつは裸一貫から始めたのだ

Answer 6

He literally started on a shoe string/from nothing.

Question 7

裸の王様

Answer 7

The Emperor’s got nothing on.

Emperor’s new clothes

Question 8

働けど働けど

働かずに貧乏暮らし

Answer 8

I’m working poor.

I’m idle poor.

Question 9

場違い

Answer 9

I feel out of place/wrong place.

Question 10

はったり

はったりも貫き通せば本物になる

Answer 10

Post truth

Fake it till you make it.

Question 11

初耳だ

Answer 11

This is news to me.

Question 12

話し合いましょう

Answer 12

Let’s debate/discuss.

Question 13

話がうますぎる

どうせ眉唾さ

Answer 13

Too good to be true

That sounds too good to be true.

Question 14

話の裏は…

Answer 14

The bad news is…

Question 15

話を続けてください

Answer 15

I’m listening.

Question 16

はめ込み詐欺

Answer 16

A put-up job

Confidence scheme

Put upとはあらかじめ企んだもの

Question 17

腹(底意)がある

Answer 17

Hidden agenda

Question 18

腸(ハラ)で考える

Answer 18

Feel it in your gut.

Question 19

歯を食いしばる

Answer 19

Have a stiff upper lip

The English are reputed to have a stiff upper lip. (イギリス人は、ぐっと歯を食いしばることで有名だ)

Question 20

反省会を開こう

Answer 20

Let’s debate/discuss what went wrong.

Question 21

引き受ける

Answer 21

Take on

Sure I can take you on. (俺が預かる)

Take yourself on first. (まずは自ら自身を自立させる)

Question 22

膝を交えて話そう

Answer 22

Let’s sit down and talk.

Let’s talk things over. (胸襟(きょうきん)を開いて話し合う)

Let’s level with each other. (腹を割って話し合う)

Question 23

ビジネスは順調かね？

Answer 23

How’s business?

Question 24

微笑み外交だよ、気をつけなさい

Answer 24

It’s charm offensive. Take care.

Question 25

他人事ではない

Answer 25

No one is immune.

Not immune (免除されない)

Question 26

人(世)のために尽くす

Answer 26

Make a difference.

(面接の時「御社に貢献したい」とも使える。to change your company では傲慢すぎ)

コンサルタントの4法則
1. Having a sense of humour. 
ユーモアのセンスを持て
2. Viewing certainty as a constant threat. 
絶対という言葉は慎め
3. Making yourself unnecessary. 
自分はいなくてもいいんだ、という姿勢を崩すな
4. Creating your own body of wisdom.
自分自身を知恵袋にしろ

Question 27

人前できみの面子をつぶさない

Answer 27

I won’t embarrass you in public.

I won’t make you look bad in public.

When you’re appealing to your opponent’s emotions, give in on minor concessions.
(苦手な相手の感情に訴えるには、少し妥協することだ)

Question 28

人前で恥をかかせるんじゃないよ

Answer 28

Don’t make me look bad in public.

Make him good look in front of others. (人前で顔を立てる)

Question 29

誹謗中傷する

Answer 29

Stab somebody in the back.

Question 30

紐付き

Answer 30

String attached

Question 31

非ユダヤ人

Answer 31

Gentiles

Christianity spread from Jewish into Gentile culture.

Question 32

病気ビジネス

Answer 32

Disease mongering

Question 33

品位

Answer 33

Class

Gravitas

He has no class. (品がない)

Question 34

品格のある英語を話せ

Answer 34

Speak RP.

Question 35

品格は滲み出るもの

Answer 35

Elegance is an attitude.

Question 36

プーチンのハラは？

Answer 36

What’s Putin’s game?

Question 37

風格

Answer 37

Gravitas/presence

Effortless toughness (さりげないたくましさ)

He stands (tall) like a giant oak tree. (堂々としている)

He si firm. (ブレてない)

We’re a breed apart. (格が違う)

Question 38

風俗産業

Answer 38

Sex industry

Question 39

深い読み

Answer 39

Read into it.

A long game.

Question 40

不吉な言葉

Answer 40

D-words

Dark, dirty, doe, deny, differ, disagree, depress, etc.

Question 41

伏線を張る

Answer 41

Plant suggestive seeds

Question 42

含みのある言葉

Answer 42

Nuance-Laden words

Give the word nuance.

Question 43

不幸中の幸い

Answer 43

Cold comfort

No consolation ((気落ちしている人にとっては)うれしく(ありがたく)もない慰め)

Question 44

武士に二言はない

Answer 44

Trust me.

My word is my bond. (ロンドンシティー街金融筋)

Question 45

豚もおだてりゃ気に登る

Answer 45

Flattery gets you everywhere.

Question 46

(二人のカップルの)お邪魔じゃないでしょうか？

Answer 46

Is three a crowd?

Two’s company. Three’s a crowd. (Crowd は3から始まる)

Question 47

二人の馴れ初めは？

Answer 47

How did you two meet?

Question 48

プライドが許さない

Answer 48

He is too proud to beg.

Those Japanese too proud to beg died of starvation. (プライドが高すぎて頭を下げることが出来なかった日本人たちは餓死した)

Question 49

古池やかわず飛び込む水の音

Answer 49

Nothing changes.

Plus ça change.

Question 50

古いよしみで

Answer 50

For old time sake

Question 51

プロ

Answer 51

He is good.

Question 52

刎頸(ふんけい)の友

Answer 52

A sworn friend

Sworn friendship means proven friendship.

Question 53

分際

Answer 53

Just a

Just a cat. (猫の分際で)

Question 54

ふんどしを締める

Answer 54

Buckle up.

Question 55

平和ボケ

Answer 55

A false sense of security

Security is taken for granted? (安全がタダ？)

Complacency risk (油断は命取りになるぞ)

Question 56

別に〜に恨みはない

Answer 56

I’ve got nothing against him/her (personally).

Hard feelings/bitterness/grudge

Question 57

蛇に睨まれた蛙

Answer 57

I’m like a moth to a flame.

Question 58

防火対策

Answer 58

Fight fire

Fight crime (犯罪対策)

Fight deflation (デフレ対策)

Fight aging (老化対策)

Question 59

防御本能かもね

Answer 59

Défense mechanism, sort of

I really like a guy from a small island who’s just learning along with everyone.

Honey, that’s a little too close. A little personal close, please.

A big part of becoming a funny person was a major défense mechanism, sort of.

Question 60

ぼかすな

Answer 60

Don’t beat around (about) the bush.

Question 61

僕と勝負するかね

Answer 61

Play me.

Question 62

僕に言わせるのかい

Answer 62

Don’t get me started.

Question 63

僕のハラは決まった

Answer 63

My mind is made up.

Commitment (覚悟)

Question 64

ほら、女性には生理ってのが

Answer 64

You know, their period.

We’ve got a living to make, you know. (生活がかかっている。わかるだろう。)

Question 65

本気だ

Answer 65

I mean business.

Question 66

本年で言ってくれ

Answer 66

Be honest with me.

Just because businessmen must be honest doesn’t mean you must be honest all the time. (嘘も方便)

Question 67

本音は聞きたくない

Answer 67

Lie to me.

Question 68

本音を言え

Answer 68

Get it out.

Come on.

Come clean. (ドロを吐け)