misunderstanding
誤解
解説 Definition
misunderstanding は misunderstand（誤解する）からできた名詞で、「誤解」という意味です。相手の言葉や状況を正しく理解できなかったときに使い、数えられる名詞として a misunderstanding の形でもよく使われます。
A misunderstanding is a situation in which someone interprets words, intentions, or circumstances incorrectly. It is often countable and can cause confusion or disagreement until the mistaken interpretation is clarified.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
misunderstanding は mis-「誤って」＋understand「理解する」＋-ing で、「誤った理解」という名詞です。原形 misunderstand の過去形 misunderstood と混同しないようにします。a misunderstanding about the time、clear up a misunderstanding「誤解を解く」という定番表現で覚えると実用的です。
Build the noun in three parts: mis- means “wrongly,” understand means “grasp the meaning,” and -ing turns the process or result into misunderstanding. The core picture is not a complete lack of information but an incorrect interpretation of what someone said or intended. It is commonly countable: a misunderstanding about the meeting time. Learn it with clear up a misunderstanding, meaning to explain matters and remove the false interpretation. Keep it separate from misunderstood, the irregular past form of misunderstand, as in I misunderstood the question.
例文
There was a misunderstanding about the meeting time.
会議の時間について誤解がありました。
I want to clear up this misunderstanding today.
今日この誤解を解きたいです。
The misunderstanding caused a small problem at work.
その誤解が職場で小さな問題を引き起こしました。
misunderstanding の類義語・関連語
misunderstanding の語源・成り立ち Etymology
mis-（誤って）+ understand（理解する）の組み合わせ。understandは古英語 understandan（間に立つ→把握する）に由来。誤った形で把握することが「誤解」。関連語: misinterpret（誤解釈する）、misconception（思い違い）。
Misunderstanding is formed within English from misunderstand plus the noun-forming use of -ing. Misunderstand itself combines the prefix mis-, “wrongly or badly,” with understand. Understand descends from Old English understandan, though the historical force of under- in that verb is not identical to its ordinary modern spatial meaning. The resulting noun denotes an act, instance, or result of interpreting something incorrectly and has long been used both countably and uncountably.
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