noodle

麺

細長い生地をゆで、スープやソースと一緒に食べるもの。

やさしい英語で： A long, thin piece of dough cooked in water and eaten with soup or sauce.

• I made noodle soup for lunch.
• She stirred the noodles into the sauce.
• Would you like rice noodles or wheat noodles?

よく使う表現： noodle soup, rice noodle, noodle dish, noodle bowl

即興で弾く、即興演奏する

決まった曲に従わず、気軽に自由な演奏をすること。

やさしい英語で： To play music freely and casually, without following a fixed piece.

• He likes to noodle on guitar.
• She noodled at the piano while we talked.
• The musicians were noodling before the concert began.

使い方： noodle on something (He likes to noodle on his guitar after work.)

類義語： improvise

よく使う表現： noodle on guitar, noodle at the piano

考える、思案する

考えや問題について、時間をかけてあれこれ考えること。

やさしい英語で： To spend time thinking about an idea or problem.

• I need to noodle on this.
• We noodled over possible names for the shop.
• She likes to noodle on problems during long walks.

使い方： noodle on something (Let me noodle on that idea tonight.)

類義語： ponder, mull over

よく使う表現： noodle on something, noodle over something