welcoming
歓迎する
解説 Definition
welcoming は welcome（歓迎する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人を温かく迎えている動作や、歓迎する気持ちがある様子を表すときに使います。
Welcoming is the present participle or gerund of welcome. As a verb form, it describes receiving or greeting people gladly and warmly, especially when they arrive or join a group, as in “They are welcoming new students.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
welcome に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の e は落とさず welcoming と綴る。発音も welcome の末尾 /m/ に /ɪŋ/ が続く。be welcoming new students なら「歓迎している」という進行中の動作。形容詞の welcoming「温かく迎えるような」と区別する。
Welcoming is formed by adding -ing to welcome, and the final e remains: welcome becomes welcoming, not “welcoming” with the e removed. In pronunciation, the final /m/ of welcome is followed by the -ing sound. Picture a school greeting new students or a town receiving festival visitors. In “They are welcoming new students,” it forms a progressive verb and shows an action in progress. The same spelling can also be an adjective meaning friendly and inviting, but the examples here use the verb form “receiving gladly.”
例文
They are welcoming new students today.
彼らは今日、新入生を歓迎しています。
The town is welcoming visitors for the festival.
その町は祭りのために訪問者を歓迎しています。
Our team is welcoming a new member this week.
私たちのチームは今週、新しいメンバーを歓迎しています。
welcoming の類義語・関連語
welcoming の語源・成り立ち Etymology
welcoming は welcome に -ing が付いた形で、welcome は古英語 wilcuma「来てほしい人」に由来します。wil「望み・喜び」＋ cuma「来る人」から成り、「来訪をうれしく受け入れる」が歓迎の原義です。関連語に will、come があります。
Welcoming is the -ing form of welcome. Welcome comes from Old English wilcuma, a noun for a desired or pleasing guest, formed from elements connected with pleasure or desire and a person who comes. It later developed into a greeting and then a verb meaning “receive gladly.” Adding -ing creates the present participle or gerund without removing the final e from welcome.
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