reaps
刈り取る
解説 Definition
作物を刈り取る、または努力の成果や報いを得ること。
Reaps means gathers a crop from the field, especially by cutting and collecting it. It is also often used figuratively to mean getting results, benefits, or consequences from actions, as in receiving what one has worked for or caused.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
reap はまず農業の基本イメージ「作物を刈り取る」で覚えると定着しやすいです。そこから比喩で「努力の結果を受け取る」に広がります。特に reap the benefits / rewards は頻出なので、benefit や reward を“最後に回収する”場面と結びつけるとよいです。sow（種をまく）と対で、you reap what you sow も強い記憶フックになります。reaps は三単現なので、He reaps the benefits. の形でも確認しておくと使いやすいです。
First remember the farming image: `reap` means cutting and collecting crops. Then connect it to the common phrase `reap the benefits`, where someone gets the results after effort. `You reap what you sow` is a strong memory hook because it links `reap` with `sow`.
例文
The farmer reaps the wheat harvest every autumn using a combine harvester.
農家は毎年秋にコンバインを使って小麦を刈り取る。
She reaps the benefits of her years of hard work and dedication to her career.
彼女は長年の努力とキャリアへの献身の成果を収穫している。
A country that invests in education reaps economic rewards for generations.
教育に投資する国は何世代にもわたって経済的な恩恵を得る。
reaps の類義語・関連語
派生語
reaps の語源・成り立ち Etymology
reaps は古英語 rēopan「刈る・収穫する」にさかのぼる古い農耕語です。語幹 reap に三単現の -s が付いた形で、reaper や reaping と同根。もとは穀物を刈って集める動きなので、利益を「刈り取る」という比喩が自然に見えてきます。
Reaps is the third-person singular form of reap, an old farming word from Old English reopan, meaning "to cut" or "gather a harvest." It is related to reaper and reaping. Because harvesting means gathering what has grown, the word later developed figurative uses about gaining results or rewards.
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