housework
意味一覧 (2件)
家事
解説 Definition
家の中で毎日必要な仕事。料理、洗濯、掃除などの家を管理する活動全般。
Housework means the regular jobs you do to keep a home clean and organized. It includes tasks like cleaning, washing clothes, cooking, and doing the dishes. It is usually used for everyday work in the home, not paid work outside it.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
housework は house + work で、「家のためにする仕事」と考えるとそのまま覚えられます。掃除・洗濯・料理・片付けなど、家庭生活を回すための日常作業のまとまりを指し、職場の仕事ではなく家の中の作業です。do the housework、share the housework のように、家事をする・分担する文脈でよく使われます。homework は宿題なので混同しないでください。
Split it into house + work: work you do for the house. It means daily tasks such as cleaning, laundry, cooking, and tidying. Remember phrases like do the housework and share the housework, and do not mix it up with homework.
例文
She spends several hours on housework every day.
彼女は毎日家事に数時間を費やしています。
Housework is a shared responsibility in their family.
家事は彼らの家族では共通の責任です。
Modern appliances have reduced the time needed for housework.
現代の電化製品は家事に必要な時間を減らしました。
家の仕事
(意味 2)解説 Definition
housework は、家をきれいに保ち、生活を回すために家の中で行う仕事を指す名詞です。掃除、洗濯、料理、片づけなどをまとめて言うときに使い、ふつうは職業上の仕事ではなく家庭内の作業を表します。
Housework is the work people do at home to keep the house clean and daily life running smoothly. It includes tasks such as cleaning, washing clothes, cooking, and tidying up. The word usually refers to work done in the home, not to a paid job or professional work.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
housework は house「家」と work「仕事」が結びついた名詞で、掃除・洗濯・料理など家庭内で日常的に行う仕事をまとめて指します。do the housework や help with housework が典型です。homework は学校の宿題、household chores は個々の雑用に寄るので、housework は家事全体の作業量として覚えると定着します。
Think of housework as work you do in the house. The word is easy to remember because it joins house and work in a very direct way. When you hear housework, imagine everyday tasks like cleaning, cooking, and laundry that keep a home in order.
例文
I usually do the housework on Saturday morning.
私はたいてい土曜日の朝に家の仕事をします。
After dinner, we share the housework so that no one has to do everything alone.
夕食のあと、だれか一人に負担が集中しないように、私たちは家の仕事を分担します。
Even when she is busy with work, she still tries to keep up with the housework.
彼女は仕事で忙しいときでも、家の仕事をきちんとこなそうとします。
housework の語源・成り立ち Etymology
housework は house + work という古い英語どうしの組み合わせ。house は古英語 hus、work は weorc に由来し、字義どおり「家の中で行う仕事」。だから料理や掃除などの「家事」を指し、関連語に household, homework がある。
Housework is a compound of house and work, two very old English words. House comes from Old English hus, and work comes from Old English weorc. The word originally meant, in a very direct way, work done in the house, and that sense later became the usual idea of domestic tasks. Related words include household and homework.
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