geography

地理学、地理

場所や地図、地球の自然の特徴、人々について研究する学問。

やさしい英語で： The study of places, maps, and the Earth's natural features and people.

• I like geography at school.
• We studied rivers in our geography lesson.
• Did you pass your geography exam?

よく使う表現： study geography, geography lesson, geography teacher, human geography

地理、地形

ある地域の川や山、町などの位置や特徴。

やさしい英語で： The positions and features of rivers, mountains, towns, and other places in an area.

• I know the local geography well.
• The geography of this region includes mountains and deep valleys.
• The coastline has shaped the city's geography.

使い方： geography of a place (The geography of the island makes road building difficult.)

類義語： layout, terrain

よく使う表現： local geography, geography of something, regional geography

構造、配置

物事のさまざまな部分がどう並び、どうつながっているか。

やさしい英語で： The way the different parts of something are arranged or connected.

• The essay maps the geography of fear.
• Their friendship changed the emotional geography of her life.
• The author explores the strange geography of the mind.

使い方： geography of something (The novel explores the geography of memory.)

類義語： arrangement, layout, structure

よく使う表現： emotional geography, political geography, geography of something