letter

文字、字

a、b、cなど、単語を書き表すための記号。

やさしい英語で： A written sign, such as a, b, or c, used to form words.

• Write the first letter of your name.
• This word has six letters.
• Is that a capital letter?

類義語： character

よく使う表現： capital letter, letter of something

手紙

誰かに送る文章による便り。多くは紙に書く。

やさしい英語で： A written message that you send to someone, often on paper.

• I got a letter today.
• She sent her brother a long letter.
• Have you read the letters from your grandmother?

使い方： letter to someone (I wrote a letter to my cousin.); letter from someone (There is a letter from the school.)

類義語： bookstaff, ltr

よく使う表現： write a letter, letter to someone

文学、文芸

文学や文学作品を書く活動。英語では通常、複数形で使う。

やさしい英語で： Literature and the activity of writing it, usually expressed with the plural form.

• She devoted her life to letters.
• He was respected as a man of letters.
• The university honored her contribution to letters.

類義語： literature

よく使う表現： letter and science, letter and art

賃貸人、貸主

料金を受け取り、部屋や不動産を人に貸す人。

やさしい英語で： A person who allows someone to use a room or property in return for payment.

• The letter of the room collected the rent.
• She earned money as a letter of lodgings.
• The tenant negotiated with the letter of the house.

類義語： landlord, lessor

反対語： tenant

よく使う表現： letter of rooms, letter of property