晩(ばん)年(ねん)

この金(きん)時(ど)計(けい)は私(わたし)にとって非(ひ)常(じょう)に大(たい)切(せつ)なものだ。母(はは)が晩(ばん)年(ねん)に形(かた)見(み)として私(わたし)にくれたものだから。

• This gold watch is the apple of my eye. Mother gave it to me as a keep-sake in her later years.

ブラウン氏(し)は晩(ばん)年(ねん)に入(はい)っている。

• Mr Brown is in the sunset of his life.

彼(かの)女(じょ)は悲(かな)しみを隠(かく)して晩(ばん)年(ねん)を送(おく)った。

• She spent her later life with a hidden sorrow.

彼(かれ)は晩(ばん)年(ねん)を自(じ)伝(でん)を書(か)くことに献(ささ)げた。

• He devoted the last years of his life to writing his autobiography.

ベートーベンは晩(ばん)年(ねん)耳(みみ)が聞(き)こえなかった。

• Beethoven was deaf in his late years.

彼(かれ)はピカソが晩(ばん)年(ねん)に描(えが)いた絵(え)を手(て)に入(い)れた。

• He obtained a picture which Picasso had painted in his later years.

晩(ばん)年(ねん)になってそのけちは気(き)前(まえ)がよくなった。

• Late in life the miser learned to be generous with money.

祖(そ)父(ふ)は、晩(ばん)年(ねん)に『命(いのち)の水(みず)』を一(ひと)口(くち)飲(の)むと、昔(むかし)話(ばなし)に花(はな)を咲(さ)かせた。

• In his final years, as soon as my grandfather took a sip of 'Water of Life', he would light up while telling old stories.

彼(かれ)は若(わか)い頃(ころ)から象(ぞう)箸(ちょ)玉(ぎょく)杯(はい)の暮(く)らしをしてきたが、晩(ばん)年(ねん)は質(しっ)素(そ)に過(す)ごした。

• He had lived a life of luxury since his youth, but spent his later years living simply.

彼(か)の晩(ばん)年(ねん)生(せい)活(かつ)にまつわるドキュメンタリーは、多(おお)くの人(ひと)々(びと)に感(かん)動(どう)を与(あた)えました。

• The documentary about his later years moved many people.