simple

簡単な、易しい

行ったり理解したりするのが難しくない。

やさしい英語で： Easy to do or understand.

• The task is simple.
• She gave us some simple instructions.
• Is there a simpler way to solve this?

使い方： simple to do something (This camera is simple to use.)

類義語： easy, straightforward

反対語： difficult, complicated

よく使う表現： simple task, simple instructions, simple to use

質素な、シンプルな

部品や細部が少なく、余分な飾りや機能がない。

やさしい英語で： Having few parts or details, without extra decoration or unnecessary features.

• She wore a simple dress.
• We shared a simple meal of bread and soup.
• His designs became simpler over time.

類義語： basic, plain, uncomplicated

反対語： elaborate, complex

よく使う表現： simple design, simple dress, simple meal, simple life

単純な

「I work」など、進行形ではない英語の動詞の形を指す。

やさしい英語で： Describing a verb form that is not continuous, such as 'I work' or 'I worked'.

• Use the simple past here.
• We practiced questions in the simple present.
• Does this sentence need a simple or continuous form?

反対語： continuous, progressive

よく使う表現： simple present, simple past, simple tense

頭の弱い、愚鈍な

理解力や知的能力が低いという意味で、人を傷つけることがある。

やさしい英語で： Not very intelligent or able to understand things easily; this description can hurt people's feelings.

• They cruelly called him simple.
• She assumed he was simple because he spoke slowly.
• The villagers mocked the boy as simple.

類義語： dim, slow, unintelligent

反対語： intelligent, clever

よく使う表現： a little simple, simple person, simple in mind

単味生薬

一種類の植物だけを使って作る薬。

やさしい英語で： A medicine made from just one kind of plant.

• The healer prepared a simple.
• This old book lists simples made from local herbs.
• She used a simple rather than a mixture of plants.

類義語： herbal remedy

よく使う表現： herbal simple, prepare a simple, medicinal simple

薬草を採集する

薬として使う植物を集める。

やさしい英語で： To gather plants that will be used as medicine.

• The healer went out to simple.
• She simpled in the fields each spring.
• They were simpling for herbs near the stream.

類義語： gather medicinal herbs

よく使う表現： simple for herbs, simple in fields