生まれた、生まれつきの
解説 Definition
born は主に be born の形で「生まれた」を表し、出生地や誕生日を述べるときに使う。また、人の素質や才能については「生まれつきの」の意味でも使われる。文脈によっては、考えや制度などが「生じた」と比喩的に述べられることもある。
Born describes coming into the world on a particular date or in a particular place. It can also describe a natural ability or quality that someone has from birth, as in being born talented. It is commonly used after forms of "be," such as "was born" or "is born with."
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
born は単独の動詞ではなく、まず be born で一まとまりと覚えると定着しやすい。born in Tokyo, born on May 1 のように「どこで／いつ生まれた」と結びつきやすい。さらに a born leader, born musician のように「生まれつき〜な」という形でも頻出。birth は名詞、give birth は「産む」、born はその結果として「生まれた側」。I born とは言わず、I was born とする点も要注意。
Learn `be born` as one fixed phrase, not as a normal verb by itself. That makes patterns like `was born in Tokyo` and `was born in May` easy to remember. It also appears in phrases like `a born leader`, where it means natural ability from birth.
例文
She was born in Kyoto and grew up surrounded by traditional Japanese culture.
彼女は京都で生まれ、日本の伝統文化に囲まれて育った。
The twins were born just two minutes apart in the early hours of the morning.
その双子は早朝に、わずか2分違いで生まれた。
She is a born teacher who knows how to encourage children.
彼女は子どもを励ますこつを知っている、生まれつきの先生気質の人だ。
born の類義語・関連語
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born の語源・成り立ち Etymology
born は bear の過去分詞で、古英語 beran「運ぶ・産む」に由来します。赤子を「身に帯びて運び、外へ出す」発想が核にあり、birth や bear と結ぶと、生まれることが単なる開始でなく「運び出されること」だと見えてきます。
Born is the past participle of bear, from Old English beran, meaning "to carry" and also "to give birth." The original image is of carrying a child and then bringing it out into the world. Related words such as bear and birth show how the idea of being born grew from the older sense of carrying and bringing forth.
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