瞑想している
解説 Definition
meditating は meditate（瞑想する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。今まさに瞑想している状態や、瞑想する行為そのものを表すときに使います。
Meditating is the present participle and gerund of meditate. It describes someone currently engaging in quiet mental concentration or reflection, or names the activity itself, often as a practice intended to calm or focus the mind.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 meditate の語末の e を落として -ing を付けた形です（meditate → meditating）。発音は「メディテイティング」に近く、-ate 部分の /eɪt/ も保たれます。be meditating なら進行中、spend time meditating なら「瞑想して時間を過ごす」と覚えましょう。
Start with the base verb meditate, meaning to engage in focused contemplation or a meditation practice. To form meditating, drop the final silent e and add -ing: meditate becomes meditating. The /eɪt/ sound in the base remains audible before the -ing ending. In “She is meditating,” the form is a present participle describing an activity in progress. In “He spent ten minutes meditating,” it functions as a gerund-like activity expression. Associate it with quiet rooms, steady breathing, and focused attention to remember the exact sense used here.
例文
She is meditating in a quiet room.
彼女は静かな部屋で瞑想しています。
He spent ten minutes meditating before work.
彼は仕事の前に10分間瞑想しました。
The students were meditating silently after the lesson.
生徒たちは授業の後、静かに瞑想していました。
meditating の類義語・関連語
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meditating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語のmeditari（深く考える・治す）に由来する。語根med-（整える）に-ateと-ingが結合し、元来は「心を調え癒す」行為を指した。現代では一点に集中して静かに内省する「瞑想」を意味し、関連語にmedicineがある。
Meditating is formed from meditate by dropping the final e and adding the participial suffix -ing. Meditate entered English from Latin meditari, meaning “to reflect upon, consider, or contemplate,” through later French and Latin use. Its sense developed from thoughtful mental exercise to the modern practice of sustained, quiet attention or contemplation. The grammatical ending -ing does not change that lexical core; it presents the action as ongoing or as an activity.
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