period

期間、時期

何かが起こったり、ある状態が続いたりする時間の範囲。

やさしい英語で： A length of time during which something happens or a particular situation exists.

• We waited for a short period.
• The shop closed during a period of heavy rain.
• Sales grew over a period of three years.

使い方： a period of something (There was a period of silence.); over/for a period of + time (She worked abroad for a period of six months.)

類義語： time, interval, spell

よく使う表現： short period, period of time, over a period

ピリオド、終止符

文の終わりや一部の略語に使う点の記号。

やさしい英語で： The dot used at the end of a sentence or in some shortened words.

• Put a period after this sentence.
• You forgot the period at the end.
• Some abbreviations have periods after each letter.

類義語： full stop

よく使う表現： a period, period at end, use a period

生理、月経

毎月の周期の一部として、膣から血が出る期間。

やさしい英語で： The days when blood leaves the body through the vagina as part of the monthly cycle.

• My period started yesterday.
• She has painful periods every month.
• Stress can sometimes make your period late.

類義語： menstruation

よく使う表現： have a period, miss a period, heavy period, on your period

時期、時代

芸術家や作家の活動で、特定の作風や関心が見られる時期。

やさしい英語で： A part of an artist’s or writer’s working life with a particular style or main interest.

• These paintings belong to her early period.
• He wrote mostly poems during that period of his career.
• The museum displays works from the artist’s final period.

使い方： a period in/of someone’s career (These poems come from an early period in her career.)

類義語： phase, stage

よく使う表現： early period, creative period, blue period

時代物の、歴史的な

過去の時代の服装、建物、暮らしを表したり再現したりする。

やさしい英語で： Showing or copying the clothes, buildings, and way of life of a time in the past.

• We watched a period drama.
• The actors wore beautiful period costumes.
• This period film is set in eighteenth-century France.

類義語： historical

よく使う表現： period drama, period piece, period costumes

当時の、年代物の

過去の特定の時代に属する、またはその時代に作られた。

やさしい英語で： Belonging to or made in a particular time in the past.

• The house has period windows.
• They restored the rooms with original period furniture.
• We admired the building’s beautiful period features.

類義語： historic

よく使う表現： period furniture, period features, period windows

以上、これで終わりだ

決定は最終的なもので、これ以上話し合わないと示す。

やさしい英語で： Used to say that a decision is final and you will not discuss it further.

• You are staying home, period.
• We will not sell the house, period.
• I said no, period.

類義語： full stop, end of story

よく使う表現： no period, end here period

以上、それだけだ

述べたことが全面的に正しく、付け加えや例外がないと強調する。

やさしい英語で： Used to emphasize that a statement is completely true, with nothing added or left out.

• She is the best, period.
• Everyone deserves respect, period.
• This is our finest work, period.

類義語： full stop

よく使う表現： best period, only one period