department

部署、部門

組織の中で、特定の種類の仕事を担当する部門。

やさしい英語で： A part of an organization that does a particular kind of work.

• She works in the sales department.
• The hospital opened a new emergency department.
• Which department handles payments?

使い方： the department of something (He teaches in the department of history.)

類義語： division, section

よく使う表現： sales department, finance department, department of something

売り場

大きな店の中で、特定の種類の商品を売る区画。

やさしい英語で： A part of a large shop where a particular type of product is sold.

• The toy department is upstairs.
• She asked an assistant in the furniture department.
• Which floor has the shoe department?

類義語： section

よく使う表現： shoe department, toy department, clothing department

担当、専門

ある人が詳しい、または責任を持って受け持つ仕事や話題。

やさしい英語で： An activity or subject that someone knows about or is responsible for.

• Cooking is his department.
• Ask Sara about repairs; that is her department.
• Sorry, legal questions are not my department.

類義語： area, specialty, responsibility

よく使う表現： my department, someone's department, not my department

面

物事の他の特徴とは分けて考える、特定の性質や側面。

やさしい英語で： A particular quality or part of something, considered separately from its other qualities.

• The cake wins in the taste department.
• This car is lacking in the comfort department.
• Her new phone is much better in the speed department.

使い方： in the ... department (The hotel did well in the service department.)

類義語： aspect, respect

よく使う表現： looks department, in that department, comfort department

分野

生活や仕事、学問の中の特定の分野。

やさしい英語で： A particular area of life, work, or study.

• She explored every department of knowledge.
• His interests cover several departments of human activity.
• The book examines this neglected department of study.

使い方： a department of something (Music is an important department of the arts.)

類義語： field, area, branch

よく使う表現： department of knowledge, department of life, department of study