lief

• adj.親愛なる; 喜んで
• adv.自発的に; 喜んで
• n.（リーフ）人の名前；（英?蘭）Lief.

PIE*leubh「愛」から、語源的には愛と同じ。

lief (adj.)

Old English leof "dear, valued, beloved, pleasant;" also as a noun, "a beloved person, friend," from Proto-Germanic *leubo- (cognates: Old Norse ljutr, Old Frisian liaf, Dutch lief, Old High German liob, German lieb, Gothic liufs "dear, beloved"), from PIE root *leubh- "love" (see love (n.)). As an adverb, "dearly, willingly" from c. 1250. I want and I'd love to are overworked and misused to fill the hole left in the language when I would lief faded in 17c.

1. I would as lief kill myself as betray my master.

私はむしろ自殺しても主人を売ることはありません。

2.Frankly，I 'd just as lief stay.

率直に言って、私は残ることを望んでいます。

3.Level 45 Woodcutting and an axe to help Lumberjack Lief .

45木彫りと斧を消して喜んで伐採労働者を助けた。

4.I had as lief go there as anywhere.

私はむしろそこに行っても他の場所には行かない。