chopping
みじん切
解説 Definition
chopping は、chop（切る、刻む）の動名詞・現在分詞で、みじん切りや刻むことという意味です。料理で野菜や肉などを細かく切る作業を表すときによく使います。
The act or process of cutting food or another material into pieces with repeated downward blows, especially during cooking. It is also the present-participle form of “chop,” describing that action in progress.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
chop「包丁などで刻む」に -ing を付けた形で、短母音の後の語末 p を重ねて chopping と綴ります。「刻んでいる」現在分詞と「刻む作業」動名詞の両方です。chopping onions、finish the chopping、chopping board を、包丁を繰り返し上下させる料理場面と結び付けましょう。
Connect chopping with chop and notice the spelling rule: because chop ends in a single consonant after a short stressed vowel, the p is doubled before -ing. As a gerund, chopping names the task, as in “Chopping onions takes time.” As a participle, it describes an action in progress, as in “She is chopping carrots.” Picture repeated downward knife movements. Chopping is generally rougher or less precise than slicing, while mincing specifically means cutting food into very tiny pieces.
例文
Chopping onions makes my eyes water.
玉ねぎのみじん切りをすると目に涙が出ます。
She finished the chopping before dinner.
彼女は夕食の前にみじん切りを終えました。
Use a sharp knife for chopping the carrots.
にんじんをみじん切りにするには、よく切れる包丁を使ってください。
chopping の類義語・関連語
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chopping の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中英語choppenに由来するchopに動名詞-ingが付いた形。「叩き切る」が原義で、古フランス語coperやゲルマン語*kappōn（切る）と関連する。同根語にchoppy（波立つ）がある。力強く切り刻む動作から料理用語に発展した。
Chopping is formed from chop plus -ing, with the final p doubled according to the usual English spelling pattern. Chop has been used in English since the Middle English period for cutting with a sudden or forceful blow, though its deeper origin is not fully certain. The repeated cutting sense naturally became common in cooking. As an -ing form, chopping can function either as a present participle or as a noun naming the activity.
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