pretty

きれいな、かわいい

見た目が美しく、特に優しさや愛らしさを感じさせる。

やさしい英語で： Pleasant to look at, often in a gentle or delicate way.

• That is a pretty dress.
• The village looked pretty in the snow.
• She chose the prettiest flowers for the table.

類義語： attractive, lovely, beautiful

反対語： ugly

よく使う表現： pretty face, pretty dress, pretty flowers, pretty woman

かなり、結構

程度が比較的高いことを表すが、最大とは限らない。

やさしい英語で： To quite a large degree, though perhaps not completely.

• The test was pretty easy.
• I am pretty sure we have met before.
• She speaks English pretty well.

使い方： pretty + adjective/adverb (The instructions are pretty clear.)

類義語： quite, fairly, rather

よく使う表現： pretty good, pretty sure, pretty well

とても、すごく

性質や状態の程度が非常に高いことを表す。

やさしい英語で： To a very great degree.

• That noise was pretty awful.
• He was pretty furious when he saw the damage.
• You have done something pretty extraordinary.

使い方： pretty + adjective/adverb (That was pretty amazing.)

類義語： very, really, extremely

よく使う表現： pretty amazing, pretty awful, pretty impressive

かわいいもの、小物

気に入って持ったり集めたりする、見た目のよい小さな物。

やさしい英語で： An attractive object, especially a small one that someone likes or collects.

• She picked up a shiny pretty.
• He keeps his pretties in a glass box.
• Which little pretty caught your eye?

類義語： trinket, ornament

よく使う表現： a pretty, little pretty