ためす〔試す〕 〈他動〉To try (anything) ; to make a trial of (anything) ; to give (anything) a trial; to attempt (a task) ; to test (gold) ; to put (one's courage) to the test; to put (one's character) to the touch; to put (a matter) to the proof; to experiment, make an experiment (on anything) ; to essay (a person or thing) ; to prove (the calculation) ; to sample (goods) ◆(自分の)力を試す　to try one's strength ◆人の力を試す　to make a trial of one's strength ◆(自分の)腕を試す　to try one's hand (at anything) ◆人の腕前を試す　to put one's ability to the test ◆運を試す　to try one's luck―try one's fortune ◆武運を試す　to try the fortune of war ◆大砲を試す　to test a gun―prove a gun ◆黄金を試すには硝酸を用いる　Nitric acid is used for testing gold. ◆彼の度胸を試してやったのさ　I put his courage to the test. ◆彼に金を貸せと言ったのは心を試してみたのだ　I asked him for a loan to put his friendship to the test. ◆女の心を試す　to put a woman's fidelity to the touch ◆しからば事の真偽を試さん　Then let us put the matter to the proof! ◆日本の海軍は実戦で試された　The Japanese navy has been put to the test of actual warfare. ◆試されて及第した　It has stood the test. ◆私を使って試してみて下さい　Give me a trial!―Give me a chance! ◆この薬を試してご覧　Try this medicine! ◆あの医者は患者にいろいろの薬を飲ませて試す　That doctor experiments on his patients. ◆刀の切れ味を試す　to see how a sword will cut―try a sword on a man―flesh a sword