以降
解説 Definition
以降、前方へ、先へという意味です。onwards は onward の別形で、ある時点から後、またはある方向へ進み続けることを表します。特にイギリス英語でよく使われます。
Onwards means continuing forward in space, time, or progress from a particular point. It is an alternative to onward, especially common in British English, as in “from Monday onwards” or “walk onwards.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
onwards は onward に副詞的な -s が付いた別形で、特にイギリス英語でよく使われます。on「進んで」+ -ward「方向へ」から、「ある地点・時点より先へ」と捉えましょう。from Monday onwards「月曜以降」や walk onwards「さらに歩き進む」の型で覚えると、時間と方向の両用法が定着します。
Treat onwards as onward plus the adverbial ending -s; it is not a tense form. The element on suggests continuation, while -ward expresses direction, giving the image of movement toward what lies ahead. Use that image for both space and time: walk onwards means keep moving forward, and from Monday onwards means from Monday into the following period. The form is particularly common in British English, while onward is often preferred in American English. Learning the patterns “from now onwards” and “move onwards” will anchor its two main uses.
例文
From Monday onwards, the shop will open at nine.
月曜日以降、その店は9時に開店します。
The road runs onwards through the valley.
その道は谷を通って先へ続いています。
After lunch, we walked onwards to the next village.
昼食の後、私たちは次の村へ向かって歩き続けました。
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onwards の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 onweard（on「前へ」+ -weard「方向」）に副詞語尾 -s が付いた形。toward（～へ向かって）や forward（前方へ）と同じ -ward 系の方向語。「ある時点から先の方向へ進む」イメージが「以降」の意味につながる。
Onwards developed from onward with an added adverbial -s. Onward continues Old English onweard, formed from on and the directional element -weard. The same Germanic directional element appears in words such as forward, backward, and toward. The resulting sense is movement in the direction ahead, which naturally extended from physical movement to continuation after a specified point in time.
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