replying
返信する
解説 Definition
replying は reply（返信する、返答する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。メールやメッセージへの返信、質問や発言への返答をしている動作を表します。
Replying is the act or ongoing process of answering a message, question, request, or statement, especially by speaking or sending written communication in return. It is the present participle and gerund form of “reply.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 reply は子音字＋y で終わるが、-ing の前では y を i に変えず、そのまま replying とする。発音は reply の /aɪ/ に /ɪŋ/ が続く。reply to an email、reply to a question のように、返答の相手や対象には通常 to を置き、「届いた言葉を折り返す」場面で覚える。
The base verb is reply. Although it ends in a consonant plus y, keep the y before -ing: replying, not “repliing.” Its final /aɪ/ sound connects to /ɪŋ/. Imagine a message arriving and an answer traveling back to its sender. This fits both replying to an email and replying to a question. Notice the usual pattern reply to someone or something; unlike answer, reply normally needs to before its object. The historical image of “folding back” can reinforce the practical idea of sending words back in response.
例文
She is replying to an email from her manager.
彼女は上司からのメールに返信しています。
Replying quickly helps the team make a decision.
すばやく返信すると、チームが判断しやすくなります。
He was replying to customer questions all afternoon.
彼は午後ずっと顧客からの質問に返答していました。
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replying の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語 replier（折り返す）から。ラテン語 replicāre（re「再び」+ plicāre「折る」）が原義で、言葉を「折り返す」→「返答する」へ意味が転じた。関連語：reply（返答）、replica（複製）、complicate（複雑にする、共に折る）。
Replying is formed from reply plus -ing, with the final y retained. Reply entered English through Old French replier and is ultimately connected with Latin replicare, built from re-, “back or again,” and plicare, “to fold.” The literal idea of folding back developed figuratively into returning words as an answer. Related words such as replica and replicate share the Latin root, although their modern meanings concern copies or repetition rather than answering a message.
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