kid

子供

日常会話で、子供や若い人を指す言葉。

やさしい英語で： A child or young person.

• That kid is very funny.
• The kids are playing outside.
• I loved that song when I was a kid.

類義語： child, youngster

反対語： adult

よく使う表現： little kid, young kid, school kid

子供、我が子

誰かの息子や娘。大人になった子にも使う。

やさしい英語で： Someone's son or daughter, who may be a child or an adult.

• Our kid starts school tomorrow.
• Both her kids are married now.
• Do your kids still live at home?

類義語： child, offspring

よく使う表現： my kid, youngest kid, grown kid

子ヤギ

ヤギの子供。

やさしい英語で： A young goat.

• The kid followed its mother.
• Two kids were born on the farm.
• A small kid jumped over the fence.

類義語： cabrito, capretto

よく使う表現： goat kid, newborn kid

年下の

「brother」や「sister」の前で、自分より年下だと示す。

やさしい英語で： Used before brother or sister to show that they are younger than you.

• My kid brother loves football.
• She took her kid sister to the cinema.
• I used to share a room with my kid brother.

よく使う表現： kid brother, kid sister

アンテロープの子

まだ成長していないアンテロープ。

やさしい英語で： A young antelope.

• The antelope hid her kid in tall grass.
• Two kids followed the herd across the plain.
• The newborn kid stayed close to its mother.

よく使う表現： antelope kid, newborn kid

冗談を言う、ふざける

本気ではなく、冗談として何かを言ったりしたりする。

やさしい英語で： To say or do something as a joke.

• I am only kidding.
• The boys were kidding around in class.
• You must be kidding about that price!

使い方： kid around (Stop kidding around and listen.); kid with someone (I was only kidding with you.)

類義語： joke, joke around

よく使う表現： kid around, kid with someone

だます

本当ではないことを人に信じさせる。

やさしい英語で： To make someone believe something that is not true.

• You cannot kid me.
• He tried to kid us about his experience.
• Who are you kidding with that story?

類義語： fool, deceive, trick

よく使う表現： kid someone, kid nobody

自分を欺く、思い込む

自分や将来について、現実的でないことを信じる。

やさしい英語で： To believe something about yourself or your future that is not realistic.

• Do not kid yourself.
• She kidded herself that he would change.
• We were kidding ourselves about how much time we had.

使い方： kid yourself that… (Do not kid yourself that this will be easy.); kid yourself about something (He was kidding himself about his chances.)

類義語： delude oneself, deceive oneself

よく使う表現： kid yourself, kid oneself