thanking
感謝する
解説 Definition
thankingとは、誰かに感謝の気持ちを伝える行為を指す動詞の現在分詞形。口頭や書面で相手への謝意を表明することを意味し、フォーマルな場面でもカジュアルな場面でも使われる。感謝の表現として日常的に用いられる言葉である。
Expressing gratitude or appreciation to someone for an action, gift, help, or kindness. Thanking is the present participle of thank and may form a continuous verb phrase, introduce a participial clause, or describe the purpose or content of a message.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形thank「人に感謝する」に-ingをそのまま付けた現在分詞で、kは重ねない。thank someone for something「人に物事について感謝する」が基本形で、a card thanking her teacherのように名詞を後ろから説明できる。thinkと同根なので、相手の行為を心に留めて謝意を伝える場面と結び付ける。
Link thanking to its base verb thank and to the familiar word think; historically, the words share the idea of thought or grateful remembrance. Add -ing directly, without doubling the k. The key grammar pattern is thank someone for something: “She was thanking her teacher for the support.” It also appears in phrases such as “a letter thanking the volunteers” and “Thanking everyone, he ended the speech.” Picture consciously remembering a helpful act and then expressing appreciation to the person responsible.
例文
She wrote a card thanking her teacher for all the support.
彼女は先生への感謝を伝えるカードを書いた。
He ended his speech by thanking everyone who had helped him.
彼は助けてくれた全員に感謝して、スピーチを締めくくった。
Thanking the volunteers, the organizer handed out certificates.
主催者はボランティアに感謝しながら、証明書を配った。
thanking の類義語・関連語
thanking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 þancian（感謝する）から。語根 þanc は「思い、考え」を意味し、think（考える）と同根。相手の行為を「心に留めて思う」ことが感謝の原義である。ドイツ語 danken（感謝する）/ denken（考える）にも同じ関係が見られる。
Thanking is the -ing form of thank, formed by adding the suffix directly to the base verb. Thank comes from Old English þancian, “to give thanks,” derived from þanc, “thought, gratitude, or favorable regard.” It is related to think through their shared Germanic ancestry. The semantic connection is that gratitude involves holding another person’s action in appreciative thought. German danken, “to thank,” and denken, “to think,” show a comparable relationship.
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