rehearsal
リハーサル
解説 Definition
rehearsal は、演劇・音楽・発表などの本番前の練習、リハーサルという意味です。日本語の「リハーサル」とほぼ同じですが、英語では発表や式典などの事前練習にも幅広く使われます。
A rehearsal is a practice session held before a performance, presentation, ceremony, or other planned event. Participants repeat and check what they will do so that timing, movements, speech, music, and other details work properly during the actual event.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
日本語の「リハーサル」より範囲が広く、演劇や演奏だけでなく、発表・式典・避難手順などの本番前の通し練習にも使う。rehearse「練習する」+ 名詞語尾 -al と分け、have a rehearsal、dress rehearsal、final rehearsal のまとまりで、本番前に手順を繰り返し確認する場面を覚える。
Rehearsal is close to the Japanese loanword リハーサル, but English uses it for more than stage plays and concerts. A speech, ceremony, presentation, or planned procedure can also have a rehearsal. Link the noun to rehearse, the verb meaning to practice in preparation, and notice the noun-forming ending -al. Picture everyone repeating the complete sequence before the real event while a director checks timing and details. Useful combinations are have a rehearsal, final rehearsal, and dress rehearsal. Practice is broader; a rehearsal usually prepares participants for a specific future performance or event.
例文
The rehearsal starts at three o'clock.
リハーサルは3時に始まります。
We had a final rehearsal before the concert.
私たちはコンサートの前に最後のリハーサルをしました。
During the rehearsal, the director checked every scene carefully.
リハーサル中、監督はすべての場面を丁寧に確認しました。
rehearsal の類義語・関連語
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rehearsal の語源・成り立ち Etymology
rehearsal は rehearse に名詞語尾 -al が付いた語で、rehearse は古フランス語 rehercier に由来するとされます。re-「再び」を含み、もとは「もう一度なぞる・繰り返す」感覚なので、本番前に何度もやって確認する「リハーサル」になる。関連語は rehearse。
Rehearsal is formed from rehearse plus the noun-forming suffix -al. Rehearse entered English through Old French rehercier, a verb associated with going over something again or repeating it. Its earlier uses included recounting or reciting something, and the meaning later specialized toward practicing a performance before presenting it publicly. The modern noun therefore carries the practical idea of repeating and checking planned material in advance.
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