意味一覧 (2件)
間に合って
解説 Definition
期限や予定に間に合う状態を表す。ぎりぎり遅れずに到着する意味。
In time means early enough and not too late for something. It is often used when talking about catching a train, meeting a deadline, or arriving before an event starts. It is different from on time, which means exactly at the planned time.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
in time の「間に合って」は、time を「制限時間」と見て、その枠の中に入る感覚で覚えるとよいです。catch the train, meet the deadline, arrive in time など、電車・締切・開始時刻に遅れず滑り込む場面でよく使います。これは in time の「やがて」という基本義とは別で、後ろに to do や for 名詞が続くと期限内の意味になりやすいです。
Think of in as inside a limit. If you are in time, you are still inside the time window, even if it is very close. Compare it with on time, which means exactly at the planned time, and remember the common phrase just in time.
例文
We arrived at the station just in time to catch the train.
私たちは電車に間に合ってちょうど駅に着いた。
She finished the report in time for the deadline.
彼女は締め切りに間に合ってレポートを仕上げた。
If we leave now, we'll get there in time.
今出発すれば、間に合って着くだろう。
やがて、そのうち
(意味 2)解説 Definition
今すぐではないが、時間がたてば自然にある状態になったり、出来事が起こったりすることを表す言い方。結果がすぐ出ない場面で、気長に待てばそうなるという含みで使われる。
This past form means that an abstract rule, theory, or quality was shown in a specific case. It is often used in academic or formal writing when an idea appears as a real example rather than staying only a definition. The tone is more technical than ordinary verbs like show or explain.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
in は『中に収まる』感覚だと考えると、in time は『決められた時間の枠内に入る』= 間に合う、と覚えやすいです。ギリギリでもセーフなら使えます。混同しやすい on time は『定刻どおり・予定どおり』で、より正確さや punctual な響きが強い表現。just in time なら『ぎりぎり間に合って』。make it in time, in time for the train / meeting など、乗り物・約束・締切に滑り込む場面と一緒に覚えると定着します。
Remember instantiate as turning something abstract into one concrete example. It fits cases where a principle or theory becomes visible in an experiment, model, or case study. Explain only gives information, and illustrate makes something clearer, but instantiate stresses that the abstract idea actually exists in a particular instance.
例文
In time, you'll get used to your new school.
そのうち新しい学校にも慣れるよ。
She will understand the truth in time.
彼女もやがて真実を理解するだろう。
In time, the pain faded away.
その痛みはやがて消えていった。
in time の語源・成り立ち Etymology
in time は in『内に』+ time『時』で、time は古英語 tima『区切られた時・季節』に由来します。timely や timing と同じ語幹をもち、『決められた時間の枠内に入る』という発想から、『遅れず間に合って』の意味になりました。
In time combines in with time, a word from Old English tima, meaning a fixed period, season, or stretch of time. The same root appears in timely and timing. The phrase developed from the idea of being inside the right time limit, which led to the sense of arriving before it is too late.
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