capital

首都、州都

国や地域の主な政府機関が置かれている都市。

やさしい英語で： The city where a country or region has its main government offices.

• Ankara is the capital of Turkey.
• We visited the capital last summer.
• Several state capitals are smaller than nearby cities.

使い方： the capital of somewhere (Madrid is the capital of Spain.)

よく使う表現： capital of something, national capital, state capital

資本、資金

個人や企業が持つお金や財産。特に事業を始めたり続けたりするためのもの。

やさしい英語で： Money and valuable property that a person or business owns, especially for starting or running a business.

• We need capital to start the business.
• She invested all her capital in the company.
• The bank helped them raise more capital.

類義語： funds, assets, wealth

よく使う表現： raise capital, invest capital, working capital, capital investment

中心地、都

特定の活動や産業で、特に重要な役割を果たす都市。

やさしい英語で： A city especially important for a particular activity or industry.

• Milan is a fashion capital.
• The city became a world capital of jazz.
• They hope to make this town the cycling capital of Europe.

使い方： the capital of something (The city is a major capital of film production.)

類義語： center, hub

よく使う表現： fashion capital, film capital, capital of something

資本

社会や仕事で成功するのに役立つ、知識や経験、技能。

やさしい英語で： Knowledge, experience, or skills that help a person succeed in society or work.

• Education builds human capital.
• Her cultural capital helped her understand the unfamiliar customs.
• The company invested in training to increase its intellectual capital.

類義語： expertise, know-how

よく使う表現： cultural capital, human capital, intellectual capital

柱頭

柱の上端にある幅の広い部分で、その上の構造を支える。

やさしい英語で： The wider top part of a column that supports the structure above it.

• The column has a carved capital.
• Each capital supports a stone beam.
• The temple has capitals decorated with leaves.

よく使う表現： column capital, carved capital, stone capital, decorated capital

大文字の

aではなくAのように、文字が大文字の形であることを表す。

やさしい英語で： Describing a letter in its larger form, such as A rather than a.

• Start your name with a capital letter.
• Write the title in capital letters.
• Does this word need a capital B?

類義語： uppercase

反対語： lowercase

よく使う表現： capital letter, capital a, capital letters

首都の

国や地域の主な政府がある都市であること、またはその都市に関すること。

やさしい英語で： Describing the city where a country or region has its main government.

• Paris is a capital city.
• The capital region contains many government offices.
• Officials gathered in the capital district.

よく使う表現： capital city, capital district, capital region

死刑の、死刑に相当する

犯罪への法律上の罰として死刑を科すことに関する、または死刑に値する。

やさしい英語で： Involving death as the legal punishment for a crime.

• The country abolished capital punishment.
• Murder was treated as a capital crime.
• The lawyer has handled several capital cases.

よく使う表現： capital punishment, capital crime, capital offense, capital case