responsibilities
責任
解説 Definition
responsibilities は responsibility（責任、義務）の複数形です。仕事や立場に伴って果たすべき複数の責任や役割を表します。
Responsibilities are duties, tasks, or areas of care that a person is expected to handle because of a job, role, relationship, or agreement. This plural form often refers to several distinct obligations rather than responsibility as a general quality.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 responsibility の複数形。子音字＋yで終わるため、y を i に替えて -es を付け、responsibility → responsibilities となる。語末は /tiz/ に近く発音する。仕事・親・役職などに伴う複数の義務をまとめて述べる many responsibilities、job responsibilities の形で覚える。
Begin with the singular responsibility. Since it ends in a consonant plus y, change y to i and add -es: responsibility becomes responsibilities. The plural ending is pronounced /iz/, so the final part sounds roughly like “teez.” Use the plural when a role includes several duties: employees have job responsibilities, parents have responsibilities to their children, and a manager may explain new responsibilities to a team. Connect the word with responsible: a responsible person can answer for the duties they are expected to perform.
例文
She has many responsibilities at work.
彼女には仕事で多くの責任があります。
Parents have responsibilities to their children.
親には子どもに対する責任があります。
He explained his new responsibilities to the team.
彼は自分の新しい責任をチームに説明しました。
responsibilities の類義語・関連語
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responsibilities の語源・成り立ち Etymology
responsibilities は responsibility の複数形で、responsible + -ity「性質」からできています。responsible はラテン語 respondere に由来し、re-「返して」+ spondere「約束する」から「求められたら応じて答える」が生まれ、そこから「責任」の意味へ発展しました。respond, response が関連語です。
Responsibilities is the plural of responsibility, formed by changing final y to i and adding -es. Responsibility combines responsible with the noun-forming suffix -ity. Responsible ultimately traces through French and Latin to respondēre, “to answer” or “to promise in return,” built from re- and spondēre, “to pledge.” The modern noun developed the idea of duties for which someone must answer or be accountable.
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