boss

上司

仕事を指揮し、何をするか指示する人。

やさしい英語で： The person who directs your work and tells you what to do.

• My boss is friendly.
• I asked my boss for a day off.
• Our bosses discussed the new work schedule.

類義語： manager, supervisor

反対語： subordinate

よく使う表現： my boss, new boss, ask your boss

社長、経営者

会社や店を経営する人、またはその持ち主。

やさしい英語で： The person who runs or owns a business.

• The boss owns three shops.
• Company bosses agreed to raise wages.
• Our new boss plans to expand the business.

類義語： head, chief, owner

よく使う表現： company boss, big boss, factory boss

政界のボス、党の実力者

ある地域で政治集団を支配する、力のある人物。

やさしい英語で： A powerful person who controls a political group in a particular area.

• The party boss chose the candidate.
• Local bosses controlled most of the votes.
• The mayor challenged the district’s powerful political boss.

類義語： leader, chief

よく使う表現： party boss, political boss, local boss

かみさん、妻

決定権があるのは妻だという意味を込めた、妻の冗談めいた呼び方。

やさしい英語で： A humorous name for someone’s wife, suggesting she makes the decisions.

• I must ask the boss; she makes our weekend plans.
• My wife, the boss, chose the hotel.
• The boss says we need new curtains, so my wife and I are shopping.

類義語： wife

よく使う表現： the boss, ask the boss

命令する、こき使う

人を支配するように、うるさくあれこれ指図する。

やさしい英語で： To tell people what to do in an annoying or controlling way.

• Don’t boss me around.
• She bossed everyone about all afternoon.
• Why does he always boss his friends around?

使い方： boss someone around/about (My brother keeps trying to boss me around.)

類義語： order around, push around

よく使う表現： boss someone around, boss someone about

最高の、かっこいい

とても良い、または見事だというくだけた表現。

やさしい英語で： Very good or impressive.

• That bike is boss.
• She wore a boss jacket.
• Your new sound system looks really boss.

類義語： great, excellent, cool

反対語： terrible

よく使う表現： a boss car, look boss, really boss