撮り直し
解説 Definition
retaking は、retake（取り直す、再受験する）の動名詞・現在分詞です。名詞としては、写真や映像の撮り直し、または試験の再受験を指します。
Retaking is the act of taking a photograph, filming a scene, or sitting an examination again. As a gerund, it names the repeated action, usually undertaken because the first result was unsatisfactory or could be improved.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 retake「取り直す、再受験する」の -ing 形で、語末の無音の e を落として retaking とします。発音は /ˌriːˈteɪkɪŋ/。retaking a photo、retaking a scene、retaking an exam のように、満足できない撮影や試験をもう一度行う過程を思い浮かべ、「撮り直し・受け直し」と覚えます。
Retaking is formed from retake by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing: retake becomes retaking. The prefix re- means that the action is done again. Imagine a director ordering the final scene to be filmed once more, or a student sitting an exam again to improve a score. Common patterns are retaking a photo, retaking a scene, and retaking an exam. As a noun-like gerund, retaking focuses on the process of doing the action again; retaken, by contrast, describes the resulting photo, scene, or test.
例文
Retaking the group photo took only five minutes.
集合写真の撮り直しは5分しかかかりませんでした。
The director requested retaking the final scene.
監督は最後の場面の撮り直しを求めました。
Retaking the exam gave him a better score.
試験を受け直したことで、彼はよりよい点を取れました。
retaking の類義語・関連語
retaking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
retaking は retake からできた名詞で、re-「再び」+ take「取る」の組み合わせです。take は古ノルド語 taka 由来で「つかむ・取り込む」が核なので、retaking は「もう一度取り直す」、つまり撮り直し。take や overtake が関連語です。
Retaking is the gerund or present participle of retake, formed by removing the final silent e and adding -ing. Retake itself combines re-, meaning “again” or “back,” with take. Take comes from Old Norse taka, “to grasp or seize.” The broad idea of taking something again produced modern uses for repeating a photograph, filming a scene again, or sitting an examination on another occasion.
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