arse
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覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
arse は主にイギリス英語で「尻」を指すくだけた、しばしば下品な語です。アメリカ英語では同じ身体部位に ass がよく使われます。kick someone up the arse、get off your arse など強い口調の表現に現れるので、友人同士や罵りの場面を想定し、buttocks のような中立的・医学的な語と使い分けましょう。
Remember arse as chiefly British English and strongly informal, often vulgar. For the body-part meaning, American English more often uses ass, while neutral or formal contexts call for buttocks or rear end. Typical expressions include get off your arse and a kick up the arse; their blunt tone shows why the word needs care. Imagine hearing it in an angry British comedy rather than in a medical appointment or polite conversation. The extra r in the spelling is also a useful visual cue separating the standard British form arse from American ass.
arse の類義語・関連語
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arse の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 ærs（尻）に由来し、ゲルマン祖語 *arsaz から派生。ギリシャ語 orrhos（尾骨）とも同根で、印欧祖語 *ors-（突き出た部分）に遡る。関連語: ass（米語での同義語）。身体の後部を指す最古の英語の一つ。
Arse descends from Old English ærs, the ordinary inherited word for the buttocks. It has close relatives in other Germanic languages and has remained in English for many centuries, although its social tone became coarse or vulgar. The form ass used for the same body part developed partly through changes in pronunciation and spelling and is now especially common in American English. It is distinct from ass meaning a donkey.
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