room

部屋

建物の中で、壁、床、天井に囲まれた独立した空間。

やさしい英語で： A separate space inside a building, with walls, a floor, and a ceiling.

• This room is very small.
• We painted the rooms upstairs last weekend.
• Which room is the meeting in?

よく使う表現： living room, meeting room, room in something, dining room

スペース

人や物のために使える空いている場所。

やさしい英語で： Empty space that someone or something can use.

• There is no room in my bag.
• Move your chair to make room for Sam.
• Do we have enough room to dance?

使い方： room for someone/something (Is there room for another chair?); room to do something (There is enough room to turn the car around.)

類義語： space

よく使う表現： make room, enough room, room for something, room to move

寝室

家の中で、寝たり自分の持ち物を置いたりする部屋。

やさしい英語で： The place in a home where someone sleeps and keeps their personal things.

• My room is upstairs.
• The children cleaned their rooms before lunch.
• Can I put a desk in my room?

類義語： bedroom

よく使う表現： my room, own room, tidy room

同室で暮らす

ある部屋に住むこと。多くの場合、誰かと同じ部屋で暮らす。

やさしい英語で： To live in a particular room, often sharing it with someone.

• We room together at college.
• She roomed with her sister last year.
• Who will you room with next term?

使い方： room with someone (I room with a friend from college.)

類義語： share a room, lodge

よく使う表現： room with someone, room together

下宿する

部屋を借りて、そこに住む。

やさしい英語で： To live somewhere as a person who rents a room.

• He rooms near the station.
• She roomed with a local family for a year.
• Two students roomed upstairs while they attended college.

使い方： room at somewhere (He roomed at a house near the station.); room with someone (She roomed with an elderly couple.)

類義語： lodge, board

よく使う表現： room at somewhere, room with someone