see

見る、見える

目で何かを捉える。

やさしい英語で： To notice something with your eyes.

• I can see the sea.
• She saw a bird outside.
• Have you seen my glasses?

使い方： see someone/something do something (I saw her open the gate.); see someone/something doing something (We saw a dog running across the field.)

類義語： notice, spot, observe

よく使う表現： see something clearly, see a bird, see through something, can see something

分かる、理解する

考えや理由、状況が分かる。

やさしい英語で： To understand an idea, reason, or situation.

• I see your point.
• Do you see what I mean?
• She finally saw why the plan had failed.

使い方： see + question word + clause (I see why you're worried.)

類義語： understand, grasp, realize

反対語： misunderstand

よく使う表現： see the point, see what someone means, see why, i see

付き合う、交際する

恋愛相手として誰かと付き合う。

やさしい英語で： To spend time with someone in a romantic relationship.

• Are you seeing anyone?
• They've been seeing each other for months.
• He stopped seeing her last spring.

使い方： be seeing someone (She's seeing someone from work.)

類義語： date, go out with

よく使う表現： see someone, see each other, start to see someone

経験する、目の当たりにする

出来事や状況を自分で経験したり、目の当たりにしたりする。

やさしい英語で： To experience an event or situation yourself.

• I've seen worse storms.
• She has seen many changes in her lifetime.
• Our grandparents saw years of war and hunger.

類義語： experience, witness

よく使う表現： see many changes, see better days, see it all, see hard times

ほら、あのね

説明を始めるとき、相手の注意を引くために言う。

やさしい英語で： You say this before explaining something to someone.

• See, I don't have a car.
• See, the problem is that nobody has a key.
• See, we need everyone's help to finish today.

類義語： you see, look

よく使う表現： see the thing is, see it's because

教区、司教区

キリスト教で、司教や大司教が管轄する地域。

やさしい英語で： An area of the Christian Church led by a bishop or archbishop.

• The see includes twenty parishes.
• The bishop visited churches throughout his see.
• The two neighboring sees share a training college.

類義語： diocese, bishopric

よく使う表現： episcopal see, archiepiscopal see, neighboring see

司教職、司教座

司教や大司教が就く正式な職。

やさしい英語で： The official position held by a bishop or archbishop.

• The see remained vacant for months.
• He was appointed to the see last year.
• She wrote about the bishops who had held that see.

類義語： bishopric, episcopate

よく使う表現： a vacant see, hold a see, succeed to a see