make sense

筋が通る、意味が通じる

言われたことや行動が分かりやすく、理由に納得できること。

やさしい英語で： If something is clear or reasonable, you can understand why it is said or done.

• That answer makes sense.
• Her plan made sense once she explained it.
• Does this sentence make sense to you?

使い方： make sense to someone (Your explanation makes sense to me.)

類義語： be logical, be reasonable, be understandable

よく使う表現： make sense now, make sense to someone

理解する、意味を読み取る

分かりにくいことの意味や仕組みを理解すること。

やさしい英語で： If you do this with something confusing, you understand what it means or how it works.

• Can you make sense of this map?
• She finally made sense of his messy notes.
• We are trying to make sense of the results.

使い方： make sense of someone/something (I cannot make sense of these instructions.)

類義語： understand, figure out, interpret

反対語： misunderstand

よく使う表現： make sense of something, make sense of someone

役に立つ、価値がある

役に立ったり得になったりして、選ぶ価値や続ける価値があること。

やさしい英語で： If a choice or situation is useful or good for you, it is worth choosing or continuing.

• Buying a monthly pass makes sense for me.
• Their relationship no longer made sense to either of them.
• Does renting a car make sense financially?

使い方： it makes sense to do something (It makes sense to buy tickets early.); make sense for someone (A smaller office makes sense for our company.)

類義語： be worthwhile, be beneficial, be practical

よく使う表現： make sense financially, make sense for someone

普通である、並である

大きさや発達が普通であること。主に否定形で、並外れて大きい物などを表す。

やさしい英語で： To be ordinary in size or development; mainly used negatively to describe something unusually large or impressive.

• His enormous arms barely make sense.
• After years of training, her muscles no longer made sense.
• Those legs are so huge they do not make sense.

類義語： be ordinary, be unremarkable

反対語： be extraordinary

よく使う表現： make sense anymore, make sense physically