墓
解説 Definition
graves は grave（墓）の複数形です。複数の墓や埋葬場所を指し、墓地や歴史的な場所について話すときに使われます。
The plural form of the countable noun “grave,” referring to two or more places where dead bodies are buried, usually marked by stones, monuments, or other signs. It is commonly used when discussing cemeteries, memorials, or historical burial sites.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
grave「墓」に、子音の後の通常の複数語尾 -s が付いた形で、語尾は /z/ と発音します。cemetery に並ぶ複数の墓や put flowers on the graves という場面で覚えましょう。形容詞 grave「重大な」と同じ綴りですが、ここでは数えられる名詞です。
Link “graves” to the singular countable noun “grave.” The regular plural ending -s is pronounced /z/ here. Imagine several marked burial places on a hill or people putting flowers on them: “There are many graves” and “flowers on the graves.” This concrete cemetery scene keeps the meaning separate from the adjective “grave,” which means serious or severe. Also distinguish a grave, an individual burial place, from a cemetery, the larger area containing many graves.
例文
There are many graves on the hill.
その丘にはたくさんの墓があります。
We put flowers on the graves.
私たちは墓に花を供えました。
The old graves were near a small church.
古い墓は小さな教会の近くにありました。
graves の類義語・関連語
graves の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 græf（掘った穴）が語源で、ゲルマン祖語 *graban（掘る）に遡る。「掘る」という動作から埋葬場所を指すようになった。関連語: engrave（彫刻する）、groove（溝）も同根で、いずれも「掘る」が原義。
“Graves” is the regular plural of “grave,” with the plural ending pronounced /z/. The noun comes from Old English “græf,” meaning a trench, pit, or place dug in the ground, and is related to a Germanic verb meaning “to dig.” Its association with digging led naturally to the sense of a burial place. Words such as “engrave” preserve a related historical idea of cutting or carving into a surface.
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