fine
意味一覧 (2件)
良い
解説 Definition
fine は、物事や状態が十分に良い、問題ない、満足できることを表す基本語です。体調・天気・品質・提案への返事など、日常会話で広く使われ、excellent ほど強くほめる語ではない場合もあります。
Fine is a basic adjective that means good enough, satisfactory, or without any problem. It is often used for health, weather, quality, and answers to suggestions or questions. In everyday English, fine can show a positive feeling, but it is sometimes weaker and more neutral than excellent. It can also mean that something is acceptable or that a situation is okay.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
fine は good より少し控えめに「十分よい」「問題ない」と言う場面でよく出ます。How are you? への I'm fine. は「元気です」、That's fine. は「それで大丈夫です」という返事です。nice は感じのよさ、excellent は非常に高い評価を強く出しますが、fine は満足できる状態や許容できる案をさらっと認める語です。別義の「細かい」は fine sand や fine print のように物のきめや線に注目します。
Think of fine as a softer and more everyday word than good in some situations: it often means "good enough" or "no problem." In daily conversation, I'm fine means "I'm well," and That's fine means "That's okay." Nice often focuses on pleasant feeling, while excellent gives very strong praise, but fine often calmly shows that something is satisfactory or acceptable. Fine can also mean "thin" or "small in detail," as in fine sand or fine print.
例文
I'm fine, thanks. How about you?
元気です、ありがとう。あなたは？
The weather was fine, so we walked to the station.
天気が良かったので、駅まで歩きました。
Your plan sounds fine to me.
あなたの案で大丈夫だと思います。
細かい
(意味 2)解説 Definition
この形容詞は、砂・粉・髪・線・活字などの一つ一つが小さく、きめや線幅が細いことをいう。品質をほめる fine ではなく、触感や見た目の微細さに焦点があり、fine print では契約書の小さな注意書きにもなる。
Fine means very small, thin, or made of tiny parts. It is often used for things like sand, powder, hair, or detail, and it can also suggest something careful and exact.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
この fine は「良い」ではなく、粒・線・髪・文字などがとても小さく細いという意味です。fine sand は粒が小さい砂、fine hair は一本一本が細い髪、fine lines は細い線や小じわを指します。fine print は契約書などの小さな注意書きで、読みにくい細部という感覚です。全体が small なのではなく、構成する要素や線幅が細かい点に注目します。反対語 coarse と対で覚えると安定します。
Remember this `fine` with things made of very small parts: `fine sand`, `fine hair`, `fine print`, `fine lines`. The key idea is not overall size, but tiny detail and smooth texture. That helps separate it from `small` or `thin`. It is the opposite of `coarse`.
例文
The beach has fine white sand that feels soft underfoot.
そのビーチには白くてきめ細かい砂があり、足ざわりが柔らかい。
Please read the fine print before signing the contract.
契約書に署名する前に、小さな注意書きをよく読んでください。
She has very fine hair that is difficult to style.
彼女の髪はとても細く、整えるのが難しい。
fine を含む表現
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fine の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語 fin「上質な、完成された」から来て、ラテン語 finis「終わり」と関係します。最後まで仕上がったものが「良い、申し分ない」という意味へ広がりました。
Fine comes from Old French fin, meaning "high-quality" or "finished," and it is related to the Latin word finis, meaning "end." The idea was that something completed to the end was well made, and this later developed into the meaning "good" or "satisfactory."
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