cheek
要点ほお
意味
- ほお
- 《話》生意気な言葉;生意気,厚かましさ
- 《俗》尻(しり)
例文
My three-year-old niece kissed me on the cheek.
３歳の姪っ子が僕のほっぺにチューしてきたんだ。
She kissed me on the cheek and said goodnight.
彼女は私のほおにキスをしておやすみと言った。
I wouldn't have the cheek to say such a thing.
僕だったらそんなずうずうしいことは言えない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English cheeke, cheke, cheoke, choke, from Old English ċēce, ċēace, ċēoce (“cheek; jaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *kākā, *keukā (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-Germanic *kēkǭ, *keukǭ (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sooke (“cheek”), West Frisian tsjeak (“jaw”), Dutch kaak (“jaw; cheek”), Swedish käke (“jaw; jowl”), Norwegian kjake (“jaw”), Old Norse kók (“mouth; gullet”).