damage

損害、被害

健康や使いやすさ、価値、完全さを損なう被害。

やさしい英語で： Harm that makes something less healthy, useful, valuable, or complete.

• The storm caused serious damage.
• There was little damage to the car.
• Can we repair the damage to the roof?

使い方： damage to something (The fire caused damage to several buildings.)

類義語： harm, injury

よく使う表現： cause damage, serious damage, damage to something

損害賠償金

与えた損害を埋め合わせるため、裁判所が支払いを命じるお金。

やさしい英語で： Money a court orders someone to pay for harm they caused.

• The court awarded her damages.
• He sued the company for damages after the accident.
• They agreed to pay damages to the injured driver.

使い方： damages for something (She claimed damages for the loss of her belongings.); pay damages to someone (The company paid damages to its former employee.)

類義語： compensation

よく使う表現： damage award, damage claim

勘定、代金

何かに対して支払わなければならない金額。

やさしい英語で： The amount of money you must pay for something.

• What’s the damage for lunch?
• The damage came to eighty pounds.
• After the repairs, he asked, “What’s the damage?”

類義語： cost, bill

よく使う表現： what’s the damage, total damage

傷つける、損なう

何かを傷つけ、健康や使いやすさ、価値を低下させる。

やさしい英語で： To harm something so that it becomes less healthy, useful, or valuable.

• The water damaged my phone.
• Smoking can damage your health.
• Did the storm damage the roof?

類義語： harm, hurt, impair

反対語： repair

よく使う表現： damage something, damage health, damage a reputation, damage property

在庫から除外する

壊れた商品や売れない商品を在庫から外し、今後の処理のために記録する。

やさしい英語で： To remove broken or unsellable goods from shop stock and record them for further handling.

• Please damage these broken mugs.
• The assistant damaged the returned items before closing.
• Have you damaged the spoiled stock yet?

類義語： write off

よく使う表現： damage returned items, damage something out