register

名簿、登録簿

名前や出来事、取引などを記載した正式な一覧や記録。

やさしい英語で： An official list or record of names, events, or transactions.

• Please sign the register.
• The teacher checked the attendance register.
• I couldn’t find my name on the electoral register.

使い方： a register of something (The library keeps a register of its members.); on the register (Your name is on the register.)

類義語： list, record, roll

よく使う表現： attendance register, electoral register, sign the register

レジ

店で代金を計算し、客が払ったお金を保管する機械。

やさしい英語で： A shop machine that adds up prices and keeps the money paid by customers.

• Pay at the register, please.
• The cashier opened the register.
• There are three registers near the entrance.

類義語： cash register, till

よく使う表現： cash register, at the register, register drawer

言語使用域、文体

特定の場面や相手の集団に合った話し方や書き方。

やさしい英語で： A way of speaking or writing that suits a particular situation or group.

• The letter uses a formal register.
• Friends usually speak in a relaxed register.
• Different situations call for different registers.

類義語： style

よく使う表現： formal register, informal register, academic register

音域

声や楽器が出す、高い音や低い音の範囲。

やさしい英語で： The range of high or low sounds that a voice or musical instrument produces.

• Her voice is clear in its lower register.
• The flute plays in a high register.
• He moves easily between different vocal registers.

類義語： range

よく使う表現： upper register, lower register, vocal register

登録する

自分や他人の名前や情報を正式な一覧に載せること。

やさしい英語で： To put your name or details on an official list, or add someone else’s.

• You can register online.
• She registered her baby’s birth yesterday.
• Have you registered for the exam?

使い方： register for something (You must register for the course by Friday.); register with someone/something (I registered with a new doctor.); register someone/something as something (They registered the building as a historic site.)

類義語： sign up, enroll

反対語： deregister

よく使う表現： register for something, register with someone, register a birth, register someone

申し立てる、表明する

苦情や反対意見、自分の考えを正式に伝えること。

やさしい英語で： To formally tell someone about your complaint, disagreement, or opinion.

• I want to register a complaint.
• Residents registered their objections to the plan.
• The union will register a formal protest.

類義語： lodge, express

よく使う表現： register a complaint, register a protest, register an objection

意識に入る、理解される

何かが人に気づかれたり、その重要さが理解されたりすること。

やさしい英語で： If something does this, you notice it or understand its importance.

• His name did not register.
• The news finally registered with her.
• I heard the question, but it barely registered.

使い方： register with someone (The significance of her words finally registered with me.)

類義語： sink in

よく使う表現： register with someone, barely register

示す、記録する

測定機器が特定の数値を表示したり記録したりすること。

やさしい英語で： If a measuring device does this, it shows or records a particular amount.

• The thermometer registered thirty degrees.
• The meter registers tiny changes in pressure.
• Did the scale register your weight correctly?

類義語： record, show, indicate

よく使う表現： register a temperature, register a change, register zero