enjoying
楽しんでいます
解説 Definition
enjoying は enjoy（楽しむ）の動名詞・現在分詞で、「楽しんでいる」「楽しむこと」という意味です。今している活動や経験を楽しいと感じていることを表します。
Enjoying is the present participle or gerund of enjoy. It describes taking pleasure in an activity, object, or experience, or refers to the experience of finding something pleasant.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
enjoy の語末 y は母音字の後なので、そのまま -ing を付けて enjoying となり、発音は /ɪnˈdʒɔɪɪŋ/ です。be enjoying a book・music・trip の形で、「今その経験を楽しいと感じている」場面を思い浮かべましょう。joy「喜び」や enjoyment「楽しみ」と結び付けると意味を保ちやすくなります。
Build enjoying from enjoy plus -ing. The final y stays because it follows a vowel, giving enjoying, pronounced /ɪnˈdʒɔɪɪŋ/. Connect it with joy and enjoyment: if you are enjoying a book, some music, or a trip, that experience is giving you pleasure now. The common progressive pattern is “be enjoying + object,” as in “They are enjoying the music.” Unlike amusing, which describes something that causes laughter or entertainment, enjoying describes the person’s active experience of pleasure.
例文
I am enjoying this book.
私はこの本を楽しんでいます。
They are enjoying the music.
彼らは音楽を楽しんでいます。
She is enjoying her trip to Kyoto.
彼女は京都への旅行を楽しんでいます。
enjoying の類義語・関連語
類義語
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enjoying の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語 enjoir（喜びを与える）から。en-（中に）+ joy（喜び、ラテン語 gaudium 由来）で「喜びの中に入れる」が原義。関連語: joy, enjoyment。喜びに「浸る」というイメージが「楽しむ」の意味を生み、その現在分詞形が enjoying。
Enjoying consists of enjoy and the participial or gerund suffix -ing. Enjoy entered English through Old French enjoir, a verb meaning to give joy to or take delight in. Its central element is related to joy, ultimately from Latin gaudium, meaning joy or gladness. Over time, enjoy developed its familiar sense of experiencing pleasure, and enjoying expresses that action as ongoing or treats it as an activity.
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