sit up with

付き添って起きている

誰かの世話や話し相手をするため、夜遅くまで一緒に起きている。

やさしい英語で： To stay awake late to look after someone or keep them company.

• I will sit up with you tonight.
• She sat up with her father until he fell asleep.
• Have you ever sat up with a sick child?

使い方： sit up with someone (I had to sit up with my sick daughter.)

類義語： keep someone company, watch over

よく使う表現： sit up with someone, sit up with Dad, sit up with patients

遺体のそばで夜通し見守る

葬儀の前に、亡くなった人の遺体のそばで一晩中見守る。

やさしい英語で： To stay beside a dead person’s body all night before the funeral.

• They sat up with the dead woman.
• Neighbors came to sit up with him before the funeral.
• Who will sit up with the body tonight?

使い方： sit up with someone (The family sat up with their dead grandfather.)

類義語： keep vigil over

よく使う表現： sit up with someone, sit up with bodies