attentiveness
注意力
解説 Definition
物事に対して注意深く気を配る性質。集中力や配慮の度合い。
Attentiveness is the quality of paying close attention and noticing what is happening. It is often used for listening, learning, customer service, or caring for other people. The word suggests steady focus and concern, not just looking at something.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
attention, attend, attentive の仲間だとまとめて覚えると定着しやすい語。核は attentive「注意深い」で、-ness が付いて「その性質・度合い」を表す名詞になっています。単発の「注意・注目」なら attention、ふだんから人や作業に細かく気を配れる資質なら attentiveness。carelessness の反対側に置くと整理しやすいです。show attentiveness to detail、customer attentiveness、a teacher’s attentiveness のように、細部・相手・仕事に気を配る場面と一緒に覚えると残ります。
Group it with `attend`, `attention`, and `attentive`. The base idea is being careful and noticing things, and `-ness` turns that quality into a noun. Compare it with `attention`: `attention` can be a moment, but `attentiveness` feels more like a personal habit or trait.
例文
The teacher praised the student's attentiveness during the lecture.
教師は講義中のその生徒の注意力を褒めた。
Her attentiveness to detail made her an excellent editor.
細部への注意力が、彼女を優れた編集者にした。
The nurse's attentiveness to the patient's needs was deeply appreciated by the family.
患者のニーズに対するその看護師の気配りは、家族から深く感謝された。
attentiveness の類義語・関連語
attentiveness の語源・成り立ち Etymology
attentiveness は attentive＋-ness。attentive はラテン語 attendere（意識を向ける）にさかのぼり、ad-「〜へ」＋tendere「伸ばす」から成ります。心を対象へ伸ばす感覚が「注意深さ」になり、attend や attention も同じ語根です。
Attentiveness comes from attentive plus -ness. Attentive goes back to Latin attendere, meaning "to stretch toward" or "give attention to," from ad- "to" and tendere "to stretch." Related words include attend and attention, and the image of mentally stretching toward something became the idea of careful notice.
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