housekeeping

家事、清掃

家やホテルなどを清潔にし、整えておく仕事。

やさしい英語で： The work of keeping a home, hotel, or other place clean and tidy.

• I do most of the housekeeping.
• The hotel needs more housekeeping staff.
• Fresh towels are available from housekeeping.

類義語： cleaning, housework

よく使う表現： do the housekeeping, housekeeping staff, housekeeping duties

準備作業、管理作業

本来の仕事を進めるために行う、日常的な準備や整理の作業。

やさしい英語で： Small routine jobs that prepare or organize things so the main work can happen.

• We need to do some housekeeping first.
• The program handles housekeeping before processing the data.
• Deleting old files is part of our weekly housekeeping.

類義語： preparatory work, routine maintenance

よく使う表現： general housekeeping, housekeeping tasks, routine housekeeping

事前案内

会議や公演などが始まる前に伝える、参加者向けの実用的な案内。

やさしい英語で： Practical information given to people before a meeting, show, or other event starts.

• First, a little housekeeping: please silence your phones.
• She covered the housekeeping before introducing the speaker.
• There are two housekeeping announcements before we begin.

類義語： preliminary announcements

よく使う表現： some quick housekeeping, housekeeping announcements, housekeeping matters