like

好む、気に入る

何かを楽しんだり、人や物をよいと感じたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To enjoy something or feel that someone or something is pleasant or good.

• I like this song.
• She liked the food we made.
• Do your children like reading?

使い方： like someone/something (I like your new shoes.); like doing something (She likes swimming in the sea.); like to do something (They like to watch films together.)

類義語： enjoy, be fond of

反対語： dislike, hate

よく使う表現： like something, like someone, really like something

好きになる、惹かれる

誰かに恋愛の気持ちを抱き、付き合いたいと思うこと。

やさしい英語で： To feel attracted to someone and perhaps want a romantic relationship with them.

• I think she likes him.
• He liked me, but I only wanted friendship.
• Do you like her enough to ask her out?

使い方： like someone (I think Tom likes you.)

類義語： be attracted to, have a crush on, fancy

よく使う表現： like someone, really like someone, like someone back

好む

役に立つ、またはよいと思って、いつもそうすることを好む。

やさしい英語で： To choose to do something regularly because it seems useful or right to you.

• I like to arrive early.
• She likes to keep her desk tidy.
• He liked to check his emails before breakfast.

使い方： like to + verb (I like to check the doors before bed.)

類義語： prefer

よく使う表現： like to check, like to keep, like to arrive

似ている、同様の

ほかの人や物に似ていること。

やさしい英語で： Similar to someone or something else.

• She is very like her mother.
• The two houses are like in size.
• Objects with like electrical charges push each other away.

使い方： be like someone/something (Your coat is like mine.); of like + noun (They are of like mind on this issue.)

類義語： similar, alike

反対語： different, unlike

よく使う表現： like someone, like something, of like mind

しがちな、しそうな

あることをしがちである、またはしそうであること。

やさしい英語で： Likely or ready to do something.

• She seemed like to weep.
• He was like to fall asleep at dinner.
• The horse looked like to bolt at any noise.

使い方： be/seem like to + verb (He seemed like to lose his temper.)

類義語： inclined, likely, prone

よく使う表現： like to fall, like to weep, like to run

かのように、みたいに

実際にそうとは限らないが、そのように見えることを表す。

やさしい英語で： Use this before a statement describing how something seems or appears.

• It looks like rain is coming.
• She sounded like she had been crying.
• He smiled like nothing had happened.

使い方： look/sound/feel like + clause (It sounds like someone is at the door.); act like + clause (He acts like he owns the place.)

類義語： as if, as though

よく使う表現： look like it hurts, sound like someone left, like nothing happened

ように、とおりに

ほかの人や物がするのと同じようにすることを表す。

やさしい英語で： In the same way that someone or something does.

• Do it like I do.
• She cooked the rice like her father taught her.
• Why can’t we talk like we used to?

使い方： like + clause (Fold the paper like I showed you.)

類義語： as, the way

よく使う表現： like someone does, like someone said, like someone did

好み、好きなもの

その人が好きなもの。嫌いなものと一緒に述べることが多い。

やさしい英語で： Something that a person enjoys or prefers, usually discussed together with things they do not enjoy.

• We have different likes and dislikes.
• Tell me about your likes.
• Her personal likes influenced the colours she chose.

類義語： preference, taste

反対語： dislike

よく使う表現： a personal like, someone’s main like