honing
研ぎ澄ますこと
解説 Definition
honing は hone（研ぐ、磨きをかける）の現在分詞・動名詞です。刃物を鋭くする意味のほか、技術や判断力を少しずつ高めるという意味でも使われます。
Sharpening or refining something gradually and carefully. It can refer literally to making a blade's edge sharper or figuratively to improving a skill, judgment, plan, or ability through focused practice and repeated adjustment.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 hone の語末 e を落として -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、発音は /ˈhoʊnɪŋ/。hone a knife なら砥石などで刃を仕上げ、hone one's skills なら技能を磨くことです。単に練習するだけでなく、刃のように精度や鋭さを少しずつ高めるイメージで覚えます。
Honing comes from hone. Since the base verb ends in silent e, drop that e before adding -ing: hone becomes honing, pronounced /ˈhoʊnɪŋ/. Begin with the literal image of carefully sharpening a knife on a stone. Then transfer that image to improvement: honing writing skills, honing judgment, or honing a plan means making it more precise and effective over time. Compared with simply practicing, honing emphasizes refinement—the removal of small weaknesses until the result is sharper, just as a blade's edge becomes finer.
例文
He spent the morning honing the knife.
彼は午前中、ナイフを研いで過ごしました。
She is honing her writing skills every day.
彼女は毎日、文章力を磨いています。
The team is honing its plan before the presentation.
チームは発表の前に計画を練り上げています。
honing の類義語・関連語
honing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 hān（砥石）に由来し、石で刃物を研ぐ行為を指した。語根は「研磨する石」の意で、転じて技能や感覚を磨き上げる比喩的用法が生まれた。関連語：hone（砥石・研ぐ）。砥石で丁寧に刃を仕上げる様子から「鋭く磨き上げる」意味が定着した。
Honing is the present participle and gerund of hone, formed by dropping the final silent e before adding -ing. Hone originally named a sharpening stone and is related to Old English hān, “stone” or “rock.” The noun gave rise to the verb meaning to sharpen a blade on such a stone. From this physical process, English developed the figurative sense of refining a skill, judgment, argument, or plan until it becomes more effective or precise.
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