okay

元気な、無事な

健康で、無事で、または具合が十分によい。

やさしい英語で： Healthy, safe, or feeling well enough.

• Are you okay?
• I felt okay after a short rest.
• She fell, but she was okay.

類義語： fine, well, all right

反対語： unwell

よく使う表現： feel okay, be okay, okay now

まあまあの、悪くない

とてもよいとは限らないが、十分で受け入れられる。

やさしい英語で： Good enough or acceptable, although perhaps not very good.

• The food was okay.
• Is this price okay for you?
• The room looked okay, but it was small.

使い方： okay for someone/something (This room is okay for one night.); okay to do something (The water is okay to drink.)

類義語： acceptable, all right, adequate

反対語： unacceptable

よく使う表現： an okay meal, okay for someone, okay to use

感じのいい

親しみやすく、好感が持てる人柄である。

やさしい英語で： Friendly or pleasant enough to like.

• He is an okay guy.
• Your new neighbour seems okay.
• I met her brother; he was okay.

類義語： nice, decent, pleasant

反対語： unpleasant

よく使う表現： an okay guy, an okay person

わかった、いいよ

何かを受け入れたり、同意したりするときに使う。

やさしい英語で： Used to show that you accept or agree to something.

• Okay, I will help you.
• Okay, see you at six.
• You need another day? Okay.

類義語： all right, sure

よく使う表現： okay then, okay sure, okay with me

いい？、わかった？

話の後で、相手が同意したか理解したかを尋ねるときに使う。

やさしい英語で： Used after a statement to ask whether someone agrees or understands.

• Wait here, okay?
• We will meet outside, okay?
• Please bring your notebook tomorrow, okay?

類義語： all right

よく使う表現： okay with you, okay for you

さて、では

新しい話題を始めたり、会話を次の段階へ進めたりするときに使う。

やさしい英語で： Used to start a new subject or move to the next part of a conversation.

• Okay, let us start.
• Okay, now we need to discuss money.
• Okay, who wants to ask a question?

類義語： all right, right

よく使う表現： okay now, okay next, okay let’s begin

承認、許可

何かを行ってよいという承認や同意。

やさしい英語で： Permission or agreement that allows something to happen.

• We need your okay.
• The manager gave us the okay to leave.
• Have you got the final okay?

使い方： the okay to do something (We got the okay to start.); the okay from someone (I need the okay from my boss.)

類義語： approval, permission, go-ahead

よく使う表現： give the okay, get the okay, someone’s okay

承認する、許可する

何かを許可したり、それでよいと認めたりする。

やさしい英語で： To give permission for something or agree that it is acceptable.

• The boss must okay this plan.
• She okayed our request yesterday.
• Who can okay these changes?

類義語： approve, authorize

反対語： reject

よく使う表現： okay a plan, okay the budget, okay something