プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
となり【隣】
❶〔隣家〕the house next door；〔隣の人〕 《米》 one's (next-door) neighbor，《英》 one's next-door neighbour
隣の next-door
１軒おいて隣
(the house) two doors down
左隣
the (next) house on the left
右隣の人
one's neighbor on the right
隣の町
a neighboring town
隣のよしみで留守中子供を預ってくれた
While I was away, she took care of my child out of 「a neighborly spirit [neighborly kindness].
田中さんの家はお隣です
Mr. Tanaka's house is next to ours.
配達人は隣に荷物を預けて行った
The deliveryman left our package with the people next door.
隣の子供
our neighbor's child／the child next door
日本人はとかく隣を意識し過ぎる
The Japanese are too conscious of their neighbors' eyes.
隣の芝生は青い
((諺)) The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
❷〔横〕
たまたま彼の隣に座った
I happened to sit 「next to [side by side with] him.
隣近所
the neighborhood；〔人々〕neighbors
隣付き合い
one's relations with one's neighbors
隣付き合いがない
I 「have no contact [〔うまくいかない〕don't get along well] with my neighbors.
隣部屋
the next [《文》 adjoining] room