inscription

碑文、銘文

物に書いたり印刷したり刻んだりした文字。名前や言葉を残すもの。

やさしい英語で： Words written, printed, or cut into an object, often to record a name or message.

• The inscription gives her name.
• We read the inscription on the stone.
• He wrote a personal inscription inside the book.

使い方： inscription on something (The inscription on the ring was hard to read.)

類義語： engraving, dedication

よく使う表現： read an inscription, inscription on something, carved inscription, stone inscription

銘文

硬貨の表面に印刷したり押し付けたりして付けた文字。

やさしい英語で： The words or letters printed or pressed into a coin.

• The coin has a short inscription.
• Its inscription names the king who issued it.
• Collectors examined the worn inscriptions on the ancient coins.

使い方： inscription on a coin (The inscription on the coin is in Latin.)

類義語： legend

よく使う表現： coin inscription, latin inscription, inscription on something