プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
いなか【田舎】
❶〔都会に対して〕the country, the countryside;〔田園〕rural districts;〔地方〕local areas,《口》 the sticks(▼軽べつ的に用いる)
田舎の rural, country;〔素朴な〕rustic;〔地方特有の,または偏狭な〕provincial
田舎に住む
live in the country [sticks]
田舎の生活
rural [country] life
田舎から出てきたばかりの娘
a girl fresh from the country
田舎育ちの若者
a country-bred youth
田舎じみた風采
a rustic [countrified] appearance
❷〔故郷〕one's home [《米》 hometown]
私の田舎は九州です
I come from Kyushu.
あなたの田舎はどこですか
「What part of the country [Where] are you from?/Where do you come from?
仕事をやめて田舎へ帰った
He quit his job and went back to his hometown [home village].
田舎言葉
〔方言〕a regional dialect;〔方言の語句〕a regional word [expression]
田舎芝居
a provincial theatrical performance;〔へたな芝居〕an amateurish performance [theatrical]
田舎っぺ
⇒田舎者
田舎訛(なま)り
a provincial accent
田舎町
a country town
田舎回り
彼の一座はこの2か月田舎回りをしている
His company has been on the road for the last two months.
田舎道
a country road [path (▼小道)]
田舎者
a countryman, a provincial;〔総称〕country folk;〔軽べつ的に〕a boor, a hick, a yokel, a bumpkin;〔お上りさん〕a country cousin
田舎家
a farmhouse(▼農家);a country cottage
田舎料理
country cooking;〔郷土料理〕a local specialty