rule

規則、ルール

人がしなければならないことや、してはいけないことを定めた決まり。

やさしい英語で： An instruction that says what people must or must not do.

• Please follow the rules.
• He broke a school rule by using his phone.
• What are the rules of this game?

使い方： a rule against something/doing something (There is a rule against eating in class.); a rule about something (The school has rules about clothing.)

類義語： regulation, instruction

よく使う表現： follow a rule, break a rule, school rule, against the rule

統治、治世

人や政府が国や人々を治めている期間。

やさしい英語で： The time during which a person or government controls a country or people.

• The king's rule lasted ten years.
• The country suffered under military rule.
• His rule ended when the army took power.

使い方： under someone's rule (The country became richer under her rule.)

類義語： reign, government, control

よく使う表現： under someone's rule, military rule, colonial rule, years of rule

通例、通常の状態

普段起こることや、通常当てはまること。

やさしい英語で： Something that usually happens or is normally true.

• As a rule, I walk to work.
• In this region, hot summers are the rule.
• Her kindness was the rule, and her anger the exception.

使い方： as a rule (As a rule, the shop closes at six.); the rule rather than the exception (Late trains are the rule rather than the exception here.)

類義語： norm, usual state

反対語： exception

よく使う表現： as a rule, the general rule, rule rather than exception

定規、物差し

長さを測ったり、まっすぐな線を引いたりする道具。

やさしい英語で： A straight tool used to measure lengths or draw straight lines.

• Measure the board with a rule.
• He used a steel rule to mark a straight line.
• The carpenter unfolded her wooden rule.

類義語： ruler, straightedge

よく使う表現： steel rule, folding rule, wooden rule, measuring rule

統治する、支配する

国や人々の集団を治め、指導すること。

やさしい英語で： To control and lead a country or group of people.

• The king rules the country.
• She ruled for nearly forty years.
• Who ruled this region before the war?

使い方： rule over someone/something (The queen ruled over a large empire.)

類義語： govern, reign over, control

よく使う表現： rule a country, rule an empire, rule over someone, rule for years

最高である、すごい

とても優れている、または他よりずっとすばらしいこと。

やさしい英語で： To be excellent or much better than others.

• This band rules!
• Your new bike totally rules.
• Their team ruled all season.

類義語： rock, excel

反対語： suck

よく使う表現： you rule, they rule, really rule