write

書く

紙や画面に文字や言葉、数字を記すこと。

やさしい英語で： To put letters, words, or numbers on paper or a screen.

• Write your name here.
• I wrote the number on my hand.
• Can you write clearly with that pencil?

使い方： write something on something (Write your address on this form.); write in something (Please write in black ink.)

類義語： put down, record

よく使う表現： write your name, write something down, write in pencil, write on paper

書く、作曲する

本や物語、記事、楽曲、コンピュータープログラムを作ること。

やさしい英語で： To create a book, story, article, piece of music, or computer program.

• She wants to write a book.
• He wrote the music for our school play.
• Have you ever written a computer program?

使い方： write something about something (She wrote a novel about two sisters.)

類義語： compose, create, author

よく使う表現： write a book, write a song, write an article, write computer code

手紙を書く、便りを出す

誰かに手紙や文章のメッセージを送ること。

やさしい英語で： To send someone a letter or another written message.

• Please write to me soon.
• He wrote his mother a long letter.
• Have you written back to your friend?

使い方： write to someone (I wrote to my aunt last week.); write someone something (She wrote me a lovely letter.)

類義語： send a message, correspond

よく使う表現： write to someone, write someone back, write a letter, write home

書いて伝える、書く

事実や考えを、文章にして誰かに伝えること。

やさしい英語で： To tell someone a fact or idea using written words.

• She wrote that she was happy.
• He wrote to me that he needed help.
• The author writes that the town was once much larger.

使い方： write that + clause (She wrote that the meeting had been cancelled.); write to someone that + clause (He wrote to us that he was moving abroad.)

類義語： state, report

よく使う表現： write that something, write to explain, write to inform

書き込む、記録する

コンピューターのメモリーや記憶装置に情報を保存すること。

やさしい英語で： To save information in a computer's memory or on a storage device.

• The computer is writing data to disk.
• The program wrote a new file.
• Can this device read and write at the same time?

使い方： write something to something (The program writes data to the disk.)

類義語： store, save, record

よく使う表現： write to disk, write a file, write data, write to memory

執筆する、文筆業を営む

仕事や日常的な活動として、物語や記事などの文章を書くこと。

やさしい英語で： To create stories, articles, or other written works as a job or regular activity.

• She writes for a living.
• He wrote professionally for many years.
• Do you still write for that magazine?

使い方： write for something (She writes for a local newspaper.); write for a living (He has written for a living since leaving university.)

類義語： be an author

よく使う表現： write for money, write for newspapers, write professionally, write full time

書き込み

メモリーや記憶装置にデータを保存する一回の処理。

やさしい英語で： One action of saving data in computer memory or on a storage device.

• The write failed because the disk was full.
• This drive handles thousands of writes per second.
• Frequent writes can shorten the life of flash memory.

類義語： write operation

よく使う表現： disk write, memory write, a failed write, write operation