can

できる

何かをする能力や技能があることを示す。

やさしい英語で： Shows that someone has the ability to do something.

• I can cook.
• Can your sister drive?
• He cannot read without his glasses.

使い方： can + base verb (I can swim.)

類義語： be able to

反対語： be unable to

よく使う表現： can swim, can speak, can read

してもよい

何かをしてもよいと認められていることを示す。

やさしい英語で： Shows that someone is allowed to do something.

• You can sit here.
• Can I borrow your pen?
• Children cannot enter without an adult.

使い方： can + base verb (You can use my phone.); can I/we + base verb? (Can we sit here?)

類義語： may, be allowed to

よく使う表現： can i leave, can use something, can come in

してくれる、してもらえる

質問の形で、相手に何かをしてほしいと頼む。

やさしい英語で： Used in a question to ask someone to do something.

• Can you help me?
• Can you close the window, please?
• Can someone bring me a chair?

使い方： can you + base verb? (Can you pass the salt?)

よく使う表現： can you help, can you please, can someone open

可能である、ありうる

何かが可能であることや、起こりうることを示す。

やさしい英語で： Shows that something is possible.

• Mistakes can happen.
• This medicine can cause headaches.
• The stars cannot be seen through these clouds.

使い方： can + base verb (A loose wire can cause a fire.); can be + past participle (The tickets can be bought online.)

類義語： be possible

よく使う表現： can happen, can cause something, can be dangerous

ことがある

何かが時々起こることや、時には当てはまることを示す。

やさしい英語で： Shows that something sometimes happens or is sometimes true.

• He can be noisy.
• This road can get icy in winter.
• Even good friends can disagree sometimes.

使い方： can + be/get + adjective (The roads can get busy on Fridays.)

よく使う表現： can be difficult, can get busy, can feel lonely

してはいけない、するわけにはいかない

「not」とともに使い、行動が無理なことや許されないことを示す。

やさしい英語で： Used with “not” to say an action is unreasonable or unacceptable.

• You cannot treat people like that.
• We cannot just ignore the problem.
• You cannot keep spending money we do not have.

使い方： cannot/can’t + base verb (You cannot leave all the work to me.)

よく使う表現： can not ignore, can not expect, can not continue

いい

質問に添えて、相手が同意するか、提案を受け入れるかを尋ねる。

やさしい英語で： Added to a question to ask whether someone agrees or accepts a suggestion.

• We meet here, can?
• I call you tomorrow, can?
• We leave after lunch, can?

よく使う表現： meet here can, start now can, tomorrow morning can

缶

食べ物や飲み物、その他の物質を入れる金属製の容器。

やさしい英語で： A metal container for food, drink, or other substances.

• Open this can, please.
• He bought two cans of beans.
• Is there any paint left in that can?

使い方： a can of + substance (She opened a can of soup.)

類義語： tin

よく使う表現： a can of beans, an empty can, open a can