字の書きぶり
解説 Definition
手で字を書く技能や、その人の字の書きぶり。文字が整っているか、読みやすいか、美しいかに注目して使う。
Penmanship is the skill or style of writing by hand. It often refers to how neat, clear, or attractive someone's handwriting is. The word is common when talking about handwriting practice, education, or personal writing style.
使い方 Usage
- neat penmanshipは「整った字」、poor penmanshipは「下手な字」。字の書きぶりを評価する形容詞と組み合わせる。 "Neat penmanship" means tidy handwriting, and "poor penmanship" means badly written handwriting. Pair the noun with adjectives that evaluate the quality of the writing.
- 学校での手書き練習や、招待状の宛名・処方箋などの字の読みやすさを話す場面で使う。 Use it when discussing handwriting practice at school or the readability of writing on invitation envelopes or prescriptions.
使い分け Common distinctions
- handwritingは手書きの文字や筆跡そのものを指しやすい。penmanshipは、字の整い方や書く技能に注目しやすい。 "Handwriting" often refers to the handwritten text or a person's writing style itself. "Penmanship" more often focuses on neatness or skill in writing.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
penを「ペン」、語尾をfriendshipやleadershipと結びつけ、「ペンで書く技能・字の出来」と覚える。
Connect "pen" with a writing tool and the ending with words like "friendship" and "leadership" to remember the skill or quality of writing by hand.
例文
Her penmanship was so elegant that she was asked to address all the wedding invitations.
彼女の字の書きぶりがとても美しかったので、結婚式の招待状の宛名書きをすべて任された。
Schools rarely teach penmanship now that most writing is done on computers.
今では多くの文章をコンピューターで作成するため、学校で美しい字の書き方を教えることはほとんどない。
The doctor's penmanship was so poor that the pharmacist could barely read the prescription.
その医師の筆跡はあまりに読みづらく、薬剤師は処方箋をほとんど読めなかった。
penmanship の類義語・関連語
類義語
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penmanship の語源・成り立ち Etymology
penmanship は penman「書き手」+ -ship「技能・性質」から成り、pen はラテン語 penna「羽」にさかのぼります。羽ペンを巧みに操る技のイメージから、「習字・筆記術」に職人的な含みが残っています。関連語に pen, pennant があります。
Penmanship comes from penman plus the suffix -ship, which here means skill or craft. Penman is built from pen, a word that goes back through Latin to penna, meaning "feather," because early pens were made from quills. The idea developed from skill in using a feather pen to skill in writing by hand.
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