notice

掲示、お知らせ

人に情報や注意を伝えるために書かれたもの。

やさしい英語で： A written message that gives people information or a warning.

• Please read the notice.
• They put a notice on the door.
• The notice says the pool is closed.

使い方： a notice about something (There is a notice about the meeting on the door.)

類義語： announcement, sign

よく使う表現： read a notice, put up a notice, public notice, printed notice

注意、認識

人や物に注意を向けること、またはその存在に気づいていること。

やさしい英語で： Attention paid to someone or something, or awareness that something is there.

• He took no notice of me.
• The change escaped her notice.
• His unusual clothes attracted everyone's notice.

使い方： take notice of someone/something (Please take notice of the warning.); bring something to someone's notice (She brought the error to my notice.)

類義語： attention, awareness

よく使う表現： take notice, take no notice, escape someone's notice

事前通知、予告

人が準備できるように、何かが起きる前に知らせること。

やさしい英語で： Information given before something happens so that people can prepare.

• The shop closed without notice.
• Please give us more notice next time.
• They canceled the meeting at short notice.

使い方： give someone notice of something (They gave us notice of the planned closure.); at short notice (We had to leave at short notice.)

類義語： warning, notification

よく使う表現： advance notice, short notice, without notice

退職予告、解雇予告

一定の期間後に退職する、または解雇されると正式に知らせること。

やさしい英語で： A formal warning that an employee will leave or lose their job after a stated period.

• I handed in my notice today.
• He gave his employer two weeks' notice.
• She is working her notice before starting another job.

使い方： give someone a period's notice (The company gave him a month's notice.); hand in your notice (She handed in her notice on Friday.)

よく使う表現： give notice, hand in notice, work your notice

気づく、目に留める

人や物を見たり聞いたりして、その存在に気づく。

やさしい英語で： To see, hear, or become aware of someone or something.

• Did you notice my new shoes?
• She noticed a mistake in the letter.
• I hadn't noticed that it was raining.

使い方： notice that… (I noticed that the door was open.); notice someone/something doing something (She noticed a bird building a nest.); notice someone/something do something (He noticed her leave the room.)

類義語： spot, observe, see

反対語： overlook, miss

よく使う表現： notice a difference, notice something strange, notice someone