tense

緊張した

不安を感じたり表したりして、体がこわばり落ち着けない。

やさしい英語で： Feeling or showing worry, with your body stiff and unable to relax.

• I feel tense today.
• Her shoulders became tense before the interview.
• Why did he look so tense?

類義語： uptight, strained

反対語： relaxed

よく使う表現： feel tense, tense shoulders, look tense

緊張した、張り詰めた

心配で落ち着けない、または不安や先の見えなさに満ちている。

やさしい英語で： Feeling worried and unable to relax, or full of worry and uncertainty.

• I feel tense before exams.
• The room grew tense when he entered.
• She was too tense to enjoy the evening.

類義語： nervous, anxious, strained

反対語： relaxed, calm

よく使う表現： feel tense, tense atmosphere, tense moment

張り詰めた、ぴんと張った

緩みがなく、強く張っている。

やさしい英語で： Stretched tight rather than loose.

• The rope was tense between the posts.
• His tense muscles stood out as he pulled.
• She kept the bowstring tense until the target was clear.

類義語： taut, tight

反対語： slack, loose

よく使う表現： tense muscles, tense wire, tense rope

ぴんと張った

どこにも緩みがないよう、ぴんと引っ張られている。

やさしい英語で： Pulled tight, with no loose parts.

• The wire was tense.
• A tense string stretched across the frame.
• Keep the rope tense while I tie it.

類義語： taut, tight

反対語： slack, loose

よく使う表現： tense wire, tense string

時制

過去や現在など、出来事の時を示す動詞の形の体系。

やさしい英語で： The system of verb forms used to show when something happens, such as in the past or present.

• We studied tense in our grammar lesson.
• English verbs show tense through changes in form.
• The teacher explained how tense helps readers follow a story.

よく使う表現： past tense, present tense, tense system

時制形、時制

動作や状態がいつ起こるかを示す動詞の形。

やさしい英語で： A form of a verb that shows when an action or situation happens.

• Use the past tense here.
• She changed the verb to the present tense.
• Some verbs look the same in both tenses.

使い方： in the ... tense (Write this sentence in the past tense.)

類義語： time form

よく使う表現： past tense, present tense, change the tense

時制、動詞構文

時、動作の継続、話し手の捉え方を示す動詞の形や組み合わせ。

やさしい英語で： A verb form or combination showing time, whether an action continues, or how the speaker presents it.

• Today we practiced the present perfect tense.
• Which tense should I use for an unfinished action?
• The book calls this construction the conditional tense.

使い方： in the ... tense (Describe the scene in the present continuous tense.)

よく使う表現： perfect tense, continuous tense, conditional tense

時制

動作や状態の時を示す文法上の性質。

やさしい英語で： The grammatical feature that shows the time of an action or state.

• This language marks tense with verb endings.
• Tense and aspect express different kinds of information.
• Some languages do not require speakers to indicate tense.

よく使う表現： mark tense, grammatical tense, tense and aspect