rhyming
韻を踏む
解説 Definition
rhyming は固有名詞ではなく、rhyme（韻を踏む）の現在分詞・動名詞です。詩や歌詞で、語尾などの音をそろえることを表します。
Rhyming is the act or process of using words whose final stressed vowel and following sounds match or closely correspond. It commonly describes arranging matching end sounds in poems, songs, or word-learning activities.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
rhyming は rhyme「韻を踏む」の現在分詞・動名詞です。語末の黙字 e を落として -ing を付け、rhyme → rhyming となります。発音は rhyme の /raɪm/ を保ちます。cat と hat のように語尾の音がそろう組を思い浮かべ、rhyming words、rhyming lines、rhyme with の形と結び付けましょう。
Rhyming is formed from rhyme by dropping the final silent e before adding -ing: rhyme becomes rhyming. The base pronunciation /raɪm/ remains clear in the longer form. Remember it through a simple sound pair such as cat and hat: their matching endings make them rhyming words. Common combinations include rhyming words, rhyming lines, and rhyming the last words of a poem. Rhyme concerns repeated matching sounds, whereas rhythm concerns the pattern of beats, so the two features may occur together in poetry but are not the same thing.
例文
The children practiced rhyming words in class.
子どもたちは授業で韻を踏む言葉を練習しました。
She enjoys rhyming simple lines for songs.
彼女は歌のために簡単な行で韻を踏むことを楽しんでいます。
Rhyming the last words made the poem easier to remember.
最後の単語で韻を踏むことで、その詩は覚えやすくなりました。
rhyming の類義語・関連語
rhyming の語源・成り立ち Etymology
語源は古フランス語「rime」、さらに旧高ドイツ語「rīm」（連続する数列）に遡ります。言葉を規則的に並べる意味から転じ、語尾の音を揃える表現を指すようになりました。同根に「rhythm（韻律）」があり、hは16世紀にリズムへの連想で追加されました。
Rhyme entered English through Old French rime, referring to verse or matching end sounds, and is generally traced to a Germanic source connected with order or series. The spelling acquired an h in the early modern period through learned association with rhythm, producing the modern form rhyme. Rhyming is made by dropping rhyme’s final silent e and adding -ing. In modern use it describes the production or use of corresponding sounds in verse and song.
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