breadwinner
大黒柱
解説 Definition
家族の主な経済的支柱となる人のことです。給与や収入で家族全体を支えている人を指し、特に伝統的な家族構成では一人の大黒柱を意味します。
A breadwinner is the person in a family or household who earns most or all of the money. The word is commonly used when talking about work, family roles, and financial responsibility. It does not depend on gender and can refer to anyone who mainly supports the household.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
`bread` と `winner` に分けて覚えると定着しやすい語です。ここでの `bread` は単なるパンではなく「生活の糧・家計を支えるお金」を連想すると、`winner` はそれを稼いでくる人だとつながります。`the sole breadwinner` や `become the breadwinner` の形でよく出て、家族全体を養う中心人物という響きがあります。単なる `worker` や `earner` より、「一家を支える責任の重さ」まで含む語だと押さえると忘れにくいです。
Think of `bread` as everyday money or food for living, not only actual bread. A `breadwinner` is the person who brings that bread home. The common phrase `the sole breadwinner` helps you remember the idea of one person carrying the family’s support.
例文
As the primary breadwinner, she supports the entire family.
主要な大黒柱として、彼女は家族全体を支えています。
In modern families, both parents often act as breadwinners.
現代の家族では、両親が大黒柱の役割を果たすことがよくあります。
The breadwinner's salary determines the family's standard of living.
大黒柱の給与が家族の生活水準を決定します。
breadwinner の類義語・関連語
breadwinner の語源・成り立ち Etymology
breadwinner は bread「糧」と winner「勝ち取る人」の複合語で、bread は古英語 brēad、win は古英語 winnan に由来します。もとは「パンを稼ぐ人」で、bread が生計を表すため一家を養う人の意味になりました。winner と bread が関連語です。
Breadwinner is an English compound of bread and winner. Bread comes from Old English brēad, and win comes from Old English winnan, meaning to struggle for or gain. The phrase first meant someone who earns the bread, and because bread came to mean a living or basic support, the word developed into the idea of a person who supports a family.
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