story

物語、話

実際の出来事や想像した出来事を、人に語ったり書いたりしたもの。

やさしい英語で： An account of real or imagined events, told or written for others.

• Tell me a story.
• We read three stories before bed.
• His latest story is about two sisters.

使い方： a story about someone/something (She wrote a story about a lost dog.)

類義語： tale, account, narrative

よく使う表現： tell a story, short story

階

建物の上下に分かれた各層。

やさしい英語で： One level of a building.

• The house has one story.
• Our office is on the top story.
• They built a hotel with twenty stories.

類義語： floor, storey

よく使う表現： one story, top story

ストーリー

ネット上で共有され、通常は短時間で消える写真や短い動画。

やさしい英語で： Pictures or short videos shared online that usually disappear after a short time.

• I posted a story about our trip.
• Her latest story shows her new puppy.
• Did you see the photos in my story?

よく使う表現： post a story, instagram story

嘘

人に信じさせようとして話す、本当ではないこと。

やさしい英語で： Something untrue that someone tells to make others believe it.

• Stop telling stories about your brother.
• I knew his excuse was just a story.
• She invented a story to explain the missing money.

類義語： lie, fabrication

反対語： truth

よく使う表現： tell a story, invent a story

昼ドラ、連続ドラマ

登場人物の生活や人間関係を、続きものとして描くテレビドラマ。

やさしい英語で： A television drama with continuing episodes about the lives and relationships of its characters.

• Grandma watches her stories every afternoon.
• She missed her stories while the television was broken.
• Are your stories on this channel?

類義語： soap opera, soap

よく使う表現： watch stories, daytime stories