help

助け、手助け

ほかの人が仕事などをしやすくなるようにすること。

やさしい英語で： Things someone does to make a task easier for another person.

• Thank you for your help.
• She asked for help with the bags.
• Do you need any help?

使い方： help with something (I need help with my homework.); help from someone (We received help from our neighbours.)

類義語： assistance, aid, support

よく使う表現： ask for help, need help, offer help, give someone help

助け、力になる人

仕事などをしやすくしてくれる人や物。

やさしい英語で： A person or thing that makes a task easier for you.

• This map is a real help.
• You were a great help yesterday.
• Would a ladder be any help?

使い方： be a help to someone (Your advice was a great help to me.); be a help with something (The checklist was a help with packing.)

類義語： aid, asset

反対語： hindrance

よく使う表現： a great help, a real help, be a help

使用人、雇い人

家や農場、店などで料理や掃除などをするために雇われた人々。

やさしい英語で： People paid to cook, clean, or do other work in a home, farm, or business.

• The hired help cleaned the house.
• They needed extra help for the harvest.
• She treated the domestic help poorly.

類義語： staff, employees, servants

よく使う表現： the hired help, the domestic help, hire some help

助ける、手伝う

人の仕事を楽にしたり、困っていることを解決したりする。

やさしい英語で： To do something that makes another person’s task easier or solves their problem.

• Please help me carry this box.
• He helped his mother cook dinner.
• Can you help with the washing?

使い方： help someone (to) do something (She helped me to open the box.); help someone with something (I help my brother with his homework.)

類義語： assist, aid

反対語： hinder

よく使う表現： help someone, help with something, help someone cook, help with homework

避ける、抑える

否定表現で、行動や反応を抑えられず、ついしてしまうことを表す。

やさしい英語で： If you cannot stop yourself doing something, you do it without choosing to.

• I cannot help laughing.
• She could not help feeling nervous.
• He couldn’t help but look back.

使い方： cannot help doing something (I cannot help worrying about her.); cannot help but + verb (We could not help but smile.)

類義語： avoid, prevent

よく使う表現： cannot help laughing, cannot help it, cannot help myself

取り分ける、自分で取る

人に食べ物や飲み物を取り分けたり、自分で取ったりする。

やさしい英語で： To give someone food or drink, or to take some for yourself.

• Help yourself to some cake.
• She helped the children to more soup.
• Have you helped yourself to a drink?

使い方： help someone to something (He helped his guest to another slice of pie.); help yourself to something (Please help yourself to some bread.)

類義語： serve

よく使う表現： help yourself, help someone to something, help yourself to something

助けて

危険なときなどに、救助や急な手助けを求めて叫ぶ言葉。

やさしい英語で： A shout asking someone to rescue you or give you urgent assistance.

• Help! I cannot swim!
• She shouted, “Help! I’m trapped!”
• Help! Somebody call an ambulance!

よく使う表現： help me, help please, someone help

無理、笑い死ぬ

ネット上で、面白すぎて笑いが止まらないと伝える言葉。

やさしい英語で： An online reaction showing that something is so funny you cannot stop laughing.

• Help, this video is so funny!
• Help, I can’t stop laughing at that caption.
• Help, did he really say that?

類義語： lol

よく使う表現： help that’s hilarious, help i’m laughing, help this meme