rhyme

韻、押韻

別の語と語尾の音がそろう語、またはその音の一致。

やさしい英語で： A word with the same ending sound as another word, or the matching sounds themselves.

• Can you find a rhyme for blue?
• The final words form a perfect rhyme.
• She uses unexpected rhymes in her songs.

使い方： rhyme for something (I need a rhyme for light.)

よく使う表現： rhyme for something, perfect rhyme, end rhyme

童謡、韻を踏んだ詩

韻を踏む短い詩や歌。特に子ども向けのもの。

やさしい英語で： A short poem or song, especially one for children, with words that have matching ending sounds.

• She taught us a funny rhyme.
• The children recited their favorite rhymes.
• Do you remember that old nursery rhyme?

類義語： poem, verse

よく使う表現： nursery rhyme, children’s rhyme, simple rhyme

韻文

行の終わりの語が韻を踏む詩。

やさしい英語で： Poetry in which words at the ends of lines have matching sounds.

• The story is written in rhyme.
• She finds rhyme easier to remember than prose.
• He tells jokes in rhyme.

使い方： in rhyme (The invitation was written in rhyme.)

類義語： rhyming verse

よく使う表現： in rhyme, write in rhyme

韻を踏む

語の終わりの音がそろっている。

やさしい英語で： If words do this, their ending sounds are the same.

• Cat and hat rhyme.
• Does moon rhyme with spoon?
• The last words in each pair of lines rhymed.

使い方： rhyme with something (Tree rhymes with sea.)

よく使う表現： rhyme with something, words rhyme

韻を踏ませる、韻を踏んで書く

語尾の音がそろうように語を並べたり、言ったりする。

やさしい英語で： To arrange or say words so their ending sounds match.

• Try to rhyme the final words.
• She rhymed night with light in her song.
• The rapper can rhyme almost any pair of words.

使い方： rhyme something with something (He rhymed rain with pain.)

類義語： versify

よく使う表現： rhyme words, rhyme something with