case

場合、事例

ある特定の状況や、物事が起きた一つの例。

やさしい英語で： A particular situation or example of something happening.

• In this case, you are right.
• Most cases are easy to explain.
• That is not always the case.

使い方： in someone’s case (In her case, the treatment worked quickly.); be the case (I thought the shop was closed, but that was not the case.)

類義語： situation, instance

よく使う表現： in this case, in most cases, particular case, be the case

ケース、入れ物

物を入れたり保護したりする容器や覆い。

やさしい英語で： A container that holds or protects something.

• Put your glasses in their case.
• She opened the violin case.
• These cases protect phones from damage.

使い方： a case for something (I bought a case for my new glasses.)

類義語： container, holder

よく使う表現： phone case, pencil case, guitar case, leather case

事件、訴訟

警察が調べたり裁判所が判断したりする事柄。

やさしい英語で： A matter that police investigate or that a court decides.

• The police solved the case.
• Her case will go to court tomorrow.
• The lawyer handled several difficult cases.

使い方： a case against someone (The police are building a case against the suspect.)

類義語： legal matter

よく使う表現： court case, criminal case, solve a case, case against someone

格

文の中での役割を示す、単語の形。

やさしい英語で： A form of a word that shows its job in a sentence.

• This noun is in the dative case.
• German uses four cases.
• Which case follows this preposition?

使い方： in the … case (This noun is in the genitive case.)

よく使う表現： nominative case, accusative case, genitive case, case ending

人物、厄介な人

特定の性格や問題がある人。特に助けたり変えたりするのが難しい人。

やさしい英語で： A person with a particular character or problem, especially someone difficult to help or change.

• He is a hopeless case.
• That boy is a hard case, but his teacher likes him.
• She works patiently with even the toughest cases.

類義語： character

よく使う表現： hard case, hopeless case, tough case

格

単語の形によって、文の中での役割を示す文法上の分類。

やさしい英語で： The grammar feature that uses word forms to show their jobs in sentences.

• We are studying case in Russian.
• Case helps show how nouns relate to other words.
• Some languages express case through changes to word endings.

よく使う表現： study case, case marking, case system, grammatical case

見張る、監視する

特に警察の捜査で、建物をしばらくひそかに見張る。

やさしい英語で： To watch a building secretly for a period of time, especially as part of a police investigation.

• Two officers cased the house overnight.
• Detectives are casing the warehouse while they wait for the suspect.
• The police cased the building from a parked car.

類義語： watch, keep watch on

よく使う表現： case a house, case the building

最後に残った

同じ数字や位の札で、まだ出たり見えたりしていない唯一の札。

やさしい英語で： The only card of a particular value that has not yet been played or seen.

• He drew the case ace.
• The case eight was still in the deck.
• She won when the case king appeared.

よく使う表現： case ace, case eight, case king