any more

もう、もはや

否定文や疑問文で、物事がもう続かないことや、まだ続くかを示す。

やさしい英語で： Used in negative sentences and questions to say something has stopped or might have stopped.

• I do not need it any more.
• She does not live here any more.
• Do they sell those cakes any more?

使い方： not + verb + any more (I do not eat meat any more.); question + any more (Do you see your old classmates any more?)

類義語： any longer

よく使う表現： not work any more, not live any more

それ以上、より

疑問文や否定文で、量や程度がさらに大きいかを尋ねたり否定したりする。

やさしい英語で： Used in questions or negatives to ask about or deny a greater amount or degree.

• Is this chair any more comfortable?
• I do not trust him any more than you do.
• The new version was not any more useful.

使い方： not + verb + any more than… (I do not like rain any more than you do.); any more + adjective (Is this route any more convenient?)

よく使う表現： any more than someone, any more expensive

今さら、もう

不満を含む質問で、今も重要なのか、なぜまだ続くのかを問う。

やさしい英語で： Used in frustrated questions about why something still matters or continues now.

• What is the point any more?
• Why are we even trying any more?
• With everything broken, what can we trust any more?

類義語： at this point, by now

よく使う表現： why bother any more, what matters any more

最近は、今では

一部の地域では、肯定文でも「今では」「最近は」の意味で使う。

やさしい英語で： Used in some regions to mean now or nowadays, including in positive sentences.

• We shop online any more.
• She mostly works from home any more.
• Gas costs so much any more.

類義語： nowadays, these days, now

よく使う表現： work remotely any more, eat locally any more