junior

下位の、下級の

組織内で地位が低い、または責任が少ない。

やさしい英語で： Having a lower position or less responsibility in an organization.

• He is a junior doctor.
• Junior staff receive training every month.
• She was promoted from a junior position last year.

使い方： junior to someone (She is junior to the department manager.)

類義語： lower-ranking, subordinate

反対語： senior

よく使う表現： junior staff, junior manager, junior officer

年少の、若い

ほかの人より若い、または若い人向けの。

やさしい英語で： Younger than another person, or intended for younger people.

• The junior members sat together.
• The club runs classes for junior players.
• Only children under twelve can enter the junior race.

類義語： younger

反対語： senior, older

よく使う表現： junior members, junior players, junior school

三年次の、三年生の

４年制の高校や大学の、３年目に関する。

やさしい英語で： Relating to the third year of a four-year high school or university course.

• She is in her junior year.
• We met during our junior year at college.
• The junior class organized a school fundraiser.

類義語： third-year

よく使う表現： junior year, junior class, junior prom

ジュニアの、経験の浅い

経験が少ない、または若い選手や経験の浅い選手向けの競技に関する。

やさしい英語で： Having less experience, or belonging to a competition for younger or less experienced players.

• He plays in a junior league.
• The junior senator has served for only two years.
• She won her first junior championship last summer.

類義語： less experienced

反対語： senior

よく使う表現： junior league, junior competition, junior senator

三年生

４年制の高校や大学で、３年目に在籍する学生。

やさしい英語で： A student in the third year of a four-year high school or university course.

• My brother is a junior.
• The juniors are planning a class trip.
• As a college junior, she started applying for summer jobs.

使い方： a junior at a school/university (She is a junior at a university in Boston.)

類義語： third-year student

よく使う表現： college junior, high school junior, a junior at

年下の人

ほかの人より若い人。何歳年下かを示すことが多い。

やさしい英語で： Someone younger than another person, often by a stated number of years.

• She is two years my junior.
• His wife is his junior by six years.
• Most members of the club are my juniors.

使い方： a number of years someone’s junior (Her husband is five years her junior.); someone’s junior by a number of years (He is my junior by three years.)

反対語： senior

よく使う表現： someone’s junior, years someone’s junior, my junior

ジュニア

父親と同じ名前の息子を区別するため、名前の後ろに付ける語。

やさしい英語で： A word added after a son’s name when he has the same name as his father.

• His full name is Robert Hill junior.
• Do you mean Daniel Brown junior or his father?
• Everyone calls William junior by his middle name.

反対語： senior

よく使う表現： John Smith junior, junior or senior