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家、住まい

暮らしている場所。普段そこで眠り、自分の物を置いている。

やさしい英語で： The place where you live and usually sleep and keep your things.

• Our home is small.
• They bought a new home near the park.
• Do you work from home?

類義語： house, residence, dwelling

よく使う表現： at home, a new home, leave home, my own home

故郷、実家

育った場所、親の住む家、または自分の居場所だと感じる所。

やさしい英語で： The place where you grew up, where your parents live, or where you feel you belong.

• I miss my childhood home.
• She visits her parents at home every summer.
• Even after twenty years abroad, he still calls Italy home.

類義語： homeland, birthplace

よく使う表現： my childhood home, back at home, far from home, visit home

生息地、原産地、発祥地

自然に生息する場所、よく見られる場所、または発祥の地。

やさしい英語で： The place where something naturally lives, is commonly found, or originally came from.

• The forest is a home for many animals.
• This region is the original home of that plant.
• The island is home to several rare birds.

使い方： the home of something (This valley is the home of a rare orchid.); a home to/for something (The marsh is a home for many birds.)

類義語： habitat, birthplace, native area

よく使う表現： home of something, home to wildlife, natural home, original home

帰巣する、飼い主のもとに戻る

動物が道を見つけ、飼い主やいつものすみかに戻る。

やさしい英語で： For an animal to find its way back to its owner or usual living place.

• The pigeon homed safely.
• The lost dog homed to its owner after three days.
• These birds can home over great distances.

使い方： home to + place/person (The pigeon homed to its owner's loft.)

類義語： return, find one's way back

よく使う表現： home to someone, home back, home successfully

家庭の、国内の、自国の

自分の家、または自国に関係する。

やさしい英語で： Related to your house or your own country.

• I miss her home cooking.
• The company sells mainly to the home market.
• His busy job leaves little time for home life.

類義語： domestic, local

反対語： foreign

よく使う表現： home cooking, home life, home market, home industry

ホームの、地元の

自分たちの競技場で試合をするチームに関係する。

やさしい英語で： Related to the team playing at its own ground or stadium.

• The home team won.
• We have three home games this month.
• The home supporters cheered as the players ran out.

類義語： host

反対語： away

よく使う表現： home team, home game, home advantage, home supporters

家に、在宅で

自分の住まいや、普段の居場所にいることを表す。

やさしい英語で： In the place where you live or usually belong.

• I'm home today.
• She stayed home because she was sick.
• Will anyone be home when the parcel arrives?

類義語： at home

反対語： away

よく使う表現： stay home, be home, home alone, home all day

深く、しっかりと、十分に

物事が十分に理解され、深く感じられ、しっかり定着するさま。

やさしい英語で： Deeply or completely, so that something is firmly understood, felt, or established.

• His words hit home.
• The teacher drove the lesson home with a simple example.
• The empty house brought her loss home to her.

使い方： bring something home to someone (The accident brought the danger home to us.); drive something home (Her story drove the message home.)

類義語： deeply, fully, forcefully

よく使う表現： hit home, drive something home, bring something home, strike home