意味一覧 (2件)
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解説 Definition
形容詞の firsthand は、account, experience, knowledge などの名詞を修飾し、「本人が直接得た」「実体験に基づく」という性質を表します。証言・経験・知識の信頼性を述べる場面で使われます。
If something is firsthand, it comes directly from your own experience or from the original source. It is often used for information, knowledge, or reports that were not passed through other people. This word suggests that the information is more direct and often more reliable.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
firsthand account は「その場にいた人による説明」、firsthand experience は「実際にやった経験」と考えると定着します。personal が単に「個人的な」範囲まで広いのに対し、firsthand は情報源が本人の見聞きや体験である点を絞って示します。副詞の firsthand が「直接に知る」という動作の様子を表すのに対し、形容詞では名詞に一次情報としての性格を与えます。
See `firsthand` as `first + hand`: information that comes to your own hand first. It contrasts well with `secondhand`, which comes through other people. Common pairs like `firsthand experience` and `hear it firsthand` help fix it in memory.
例文
She gave a firsthand account of the accident.
彼女はその事故の状況を直接語った。
Having firsthand experience with this job is valuable.
この仕事を実際に経験したことは貴重です。
He learned about the culture firsthand during his travels.
彼は旅行中にその文化を直接学んだ。
直接に
(意味 2)解説 Definition
副詞の firsthand は、情報や知識を「自分で見て・聞いて・体験して」得るさまを表します。see, hear, learn, experience などと結びつき、報告や噂ではなく現場に触れた実感を強調します。
As an adverb, firsthand describes getting information, knowledge, or experience by seeing, hearing, or doing something yourself. It is often used with verbs like see, hear, learn, and experience. The word emphasizes direct contact with the real situation, not something reported by other people. It suggests the reliability and immediacy of first-hand experience.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
副詞では「情報が自分の手に最初に届く」動きを思い浮かべると、learn firsthand「直接学ぶ」、see firsthand「実際に見る」の感覚がつかめます。directly が単に経路のまっすぐさを表すこともあるのに対し、firsthand は本人が一次情報として受け取った確かさが中心です。形容詞用法では名詞を前から説明しますが、副詞では動詞の得方を説明します。
Picture information coming into your own hand first. That image helps with phrases like learn firsthand and see firsthand, where you get the knowledge yourself. Unlike directly, which can simply describe a straight route or method, firsthand focuses on the fact that the information is primary and personally experienced. As an adverb, it explains how you learned, saw, or experienced something.
例文
I saw the damage firsthand after the storm.
私は嵐のあと、その被害を直接に見ました。
Students can learn firsthand how the factory works during the tour.
生徒たちは見学中に、その工場の仕組みを直接に学べます。
She experienced firsthand what it was like to live abroad for a year.
彼女は1年間の海外生活がどのようなものかを直接に体験しました。
firsthand の語源・成り立ち Etymology
first は古英語 fyrst、hand は古英語 hand にさかのぼる複合語で、もとは『自分の手で最初に受け取る』という感覚。そこから『直接の・じかに得た』の意味になり、secondhand や handful にも同じ hand の発想が残る。
"Firsthand" is a compound of "first" and "hand," both from Old English. It originally suggested something received or done by one's own hand at the first stage. From that idea, it came to mean something known directly rather than through another person. The same "hand" appears in words like "secondhand" and "handful."
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