custom

習慣、風習

ある集団の人々が長い間繰り返し行ってきたこと。

やさしい英語で： Something people in a group have done regularly for a long time.

• It is a local custom to share food.
• Their wedding customs are very different.
• We still follow this ancient custom.

類義語： tradition, practice

よく使う表現： local custom, follow a custom, ancient custom

習慣

いつも行う振る舞いや物事のやり方。

やさしい英語で： A usual way of behaving or doing something.

• It was his custom to arrive early.
• She followed her usual custom of reading after dinner.
• Their daily customs changed after the move.

使い方： it is someone’s custom to do something (It is her custom to walk before breakfast.)

類義語： habit, practice, routine

よく使う表現： usual custom, daily custom, someone’s custom

ひいき、利用

客が店で買い物をし、その店に商売をもたらすこと。

やさしい英語で： The business a shop gets from people who buy things there.

• Thank you for your custom.
• The café depends on regular custom from office workers.
• Poor service cost the shop much of its custom.

類義語： business, patronage

よく使う表現： thank for custom, regular custom, attract custom

慣習法、慣習

長く続けられ、規則や法律として認められるようになった慣行。

やさしい英語で： A practice followed for so long that people accept it as a rule or law.

• Custom gave villagers the right to use this land.
• The court considered the force of local custom.
• These rights were established by custom.

類義語： customary law

よく使う表現： established custom, custom and law, rights by custom

特注の、オーダーメイドの

特定の人や集団の必要に合わせて特別に作られた。

やさしい英語で： Made especially to fit the needs of a particular person or group.

• He ordered a custom suit.
• They built custom furniture for the small room.
• This custom chair supports her back.

類義語： made-to-order, tailor-made, bespoke

よく使う表現： custom suit, custom furniture, custom design

独自の、カスタムの

標準のものに代えて、自分の設計や選択を使った。

やさしい英語で： Using your own design or choices instead of a standard version.

• You can upload a custom logo.
• She saved her custom settings.
• We chose a custom layout for the website.

類義語： personalized, individual

反対語： standard

よく使う表現： custom logo, custom settings, custom layout

受託の

他人から依頼され、料金を受け取って行う。

やさしい英語で： Done for other people in exchange for payment.

• The company offers custom harvesting.
• Custom threshing helped small farms process their grain.
• He bought equipment for custom milling.

類義語： contract

よく使う表現： custom harvesting, custom threshing, custom milling