conjunction

接続詞

「and」や「but」のように、語や文の部分をつなぐ言葉。

やさしい英語で： A word such as “and” or “but” that connects words or parts of a sentence.

• “And” is a conjunction.
• Use a conjunction to join these sentences.
• We learned about conjunctions in our English lesson.

類義語： joining word, connective

よく使う表現： coordinating conjunction, subordinating conjunction, use a conjunction, common conjunction

合

太陽系の二つの天体が、地球から見ると同じ方向に並んで見える位置関係。

やさしい英語で： A position where two objects in the solar system appear aligned when viewed from Earth.

• The planets are in conjunction.
• We observed a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.
• Another planetary conjunction will occur next month.

使い方： conjunction of A and B (We watched the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.); in conjunction with something (Venus will be in conjunction with the Sun.)

類義語： alignment

よく使う表現： planetary conjunction, conjunction of planets, in conjunction