regimen
養生法
解説 Definition
健康を維持するための食事、運動、生活習慣などの指針や計画のことです。医者から指示される療養の方法を指します。
A regimen is a regular plan or set of actions, especially for health, exercise, or medical treatment. It often includes rules about food, rest, medicine, or training. The word is mainly used in formal or medical contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
regimen は regime や regulate を知っていると覚えやすい語。どれも「ルールに沿ってきちんと管理する」感覚が共通し、regimen は特に食事・運動・睡眠・服薬などを一定の型で続ける健康管理メニューを指す。treatment が「治療そのもの」寄りなのに対し、regimen は doctor-prescribed regimen, exercise regimen, skincare regimen のように、毎日守る計画や習慣の響きが強い。つづりが近い regiment「連隊」との混同に注意。
Connect it to `regulate` and `regime`: all of them suggest order, rules, and control. A `regimen` is a plan you follow regularly, especially for health, exercise, skincare, or medicine. Think of common pairs like `exercise regimen` or `skincare regimen`. Be careful not to mix it up with `regiment`, which is a military word.
例文
Following a daily exercise regimen is important for fitness.
毎日の運動習慣を続けることは体力作りにとって重要です。
regimen の類義語・関連語
紛らわしい語
regimen の語源・成り立ち Etymology
regimen はラテン語 regimen「指導、統治、管理」に由来し、語根は regere「まっすぐ導く、支配する」です。regime や regulate も同根で、体を正しく導く決まった管理法だと考えると「養生法」の意味がよく見えます。
From Latin regimen, meaning "guidance, rule, or management," from regere "to guide, rule, keep straight." The root idea is leading something in the right direction. In English, it came to mean an ordered system of control, especially for health or daily habits. Related words include regime and regulate.
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