janitor

• n. 番人；ガードマン；玄関番

ラテン語のianitor（掃除人）が語源で、語源的には1月と同じ。

janitor (n.)

1580s, "an usher in a school," later "doorkeeper" (1620s), from Latin ianitor "doorkeeper, porter," from ianua "door, entrance, gate," from ianus "arched passageway, arcade" (see Janus) + agent suffix -tor. Meaning "caretaker of a building" first recorded 1708.

1. The janitor comes round to turn the lights out.

門番が見回りをして、明かりを消します。

2.The janitor let off some steam because the pressure was too high.

ボイラー工は圧力が高すぎるので蒸気を少し逃がした。

3.I 'll just play until the janitor comes round to turn the lights out.

ドアが消灯するまで遊びます。

4.That janitor is a snail who never gets things done.

あの家の世話をしている人は動作がのろのろしていて、何もできない。

5.Art recruited a janitor ，we 're paying him to keep watch.

アトは番人を買収し、私たちはお金を出して見張りをさせた。