learn

学ぶ、習う

勉強や練習を通して、知識や新しい技術を身につけること。

やさしい英語で： To get knowledge or a new skill through study or practice.

• I want to learn French.
• He learned to swim last summer.
• What skills are you learning at school?

使い方： learn to do something (She is learning to drive.); learn how to do something (We learned how to make bread.)

類義語： study, master

よく使う表現： learn English, learn to swim, learn a skill, learn a language

知る、知るようになる

それまで知らなかったことを知ること。

やさしい英語で： To find out something you did not know before.

• I learned the news yesterday.
• We have learned that the train is delayed.
• When did you learn about his new job?

使い方： learn that… (We learned that the shop had closed.); learn of/about something (She learned of the accident yesterday.)

類義語： find out, discover, hear

よく使う表現： learn the truth, learn about something, learn of something

学ぶ、教訓を得る

特に失敗などの経験を生かし、次はよりよく行うこと。

やさしい英語で： To use an experience, especially a mistake, to do better in the future.

• We learn from our mistakes.
• She learned never to leave her bag unattended.
• Have you learned anything from this experience?

使い方： learn from something (We must learn from this failure.)

よく使う表現： learn from mistakes, learn a lesson, learn from experience

教える、思い知らせる

人に何かを教えること。特に嫌な結果を経験させて思い知らせること。

やさしい英語で： To teach someone something, often by making them face an unpleasant result.

• That will learn you!
• A cold night outside will learn him to take his keys.
• She said the fine would learn them a lesson.

使い方： learn someone to do something (That will learn him to keep his promises.)

類義語： teach

よく使う表現： learn someone, learn someone a lesson