james
ジェームズ
解説 Definition
英語圏で非常に一般的な男性の名前。聖書にも登場する。
James is a widely used masculine given name in English-speaking communities and a name borne by several biblical figures. As a personal name, it is normally written with a capital J.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
james は男性名 James を小文字で記録した形で、英文では James と大文字で書きます。ヘブライ語 Ya'aqov から複数の言語を経た名で、Jacob と同源、Jamie はよく使われる愛称形です。James is ... や meet James のように、人名が主語・目的語になる型で覚えましょう。
Remember james as the lowercase representation of the name normally written James. It is a common masculine name in English-speaking countries and also appears in the Bible. Connect it with Jacob: although the modern forms look different, both developed from the same Hebrew name through different linguistic routes. Jamie is a familiar related form. Practice the capitalization in ordinary sentence patterns such as James is studying, I met James, and James and his family. A lowercase j may appear in faulty data or stylized text, but standard English treats the name as a proper noun.
例文
James is studying medicine at university.
ジェームズは大学で医学を勉強しています。
Have you met James before?
以前ジェームズに会ったことがありますか？
James and his family live in New York.
ジェームズと彼の家族はニューヨークに住んでいます。
james の類義語・関連語
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james の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ヘブライ語 Ya'aqov（ヤコブ）がギリシャ語 Iakobos、後期ラテン語 Iacomus を経て古フランス語 James となった。「かかとを掴む者」が原義。関連名：Jacob（同源）、Jamie（愛称形）。聖書のヤコブと同根だが、英仏間の音変化で別名に分かれた。
James ultimately comes from Hebrew Ya'aqov, the source also underlying Jacob. The name passed through Greek Iakobos and later Latin forms, including Iacomus, before developing through Old French into James. The Hebrew name is traditionally associated with holding the heel, reflecting the biblical story of Jacob’s birth. Different transmission routes produced the distinct English forms James and Jacob, while Jamie developed as a familiar form of James.
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