tone

口調、語調

話し方や文章に表れる、気持ちや態度。

やさしい英語で： The way your speech or writing shows your feelings or attitude.

• Please use a kinder tone.
• Her letter had a friendly tone.
• I could hear worry in his tone of voice.

使い方： in a ... tone (She spoke in a gentle tone.); tone of something (The tone of his email seemed angry.)

よく使う表現： tone of voice, friendly tone, angry tone

音色、声質

声や楽器の音が持つ、温かさや澄んだ感じなどの特徴。

やさしい英語で： The particular quality of a voice or musical sound, such as being warm, clear, or rough.

• Her voice has a warm tone.
• This violin produces a rich tone.
• The singer worked on improving his tone.

使い方： tone of something (I love the tone of her voice.)

類義語： timbre, sound quality

よく使う表現： warm tone, rich tone, tone of something

雰囲気

場所や出来事、状況全体から感じられる空気や特徴。

やさしい英語で： The overall feeling or character of a place, event, or situation.

• The party had a cheerful tone.
• His arrival changed the tone of the meeting.
• The opening ceremony set the tone for the festival.

使い方： set the tone for something (The music set the tone for the evening.)

類義語： mood, atmosphere

よく使う表現： set the tone, festive tone, tone of something

音、音高

低い音から高い音までの、ある高さを持つ音。

やさしい英語で： A sound at a particular height, from low to high.

• The machine produced a high tone.
• Can you hear the two different tones?
• The test began with a low, steady tone.

よく使う表現： high tone, low tone, pure tone

色調、色合い

明るさや暗さ、暖かさや冷たさなどで異なる、色の種類。

やさしい英語で： A particular form of a colour, which may be lighter, darker, warmer, or cooler.

• Choose a warmer tone for the walls.
• The painting combines several tones of green.
• This shirt suits her skin tone.

使い方： tone of a colour (The walls are painted in a pale tone of blue.)

類義語： shade, hue

よく使う表現： skin tone, warm tone, tone of something

声調

言語によって単語の意味を変える、声の高さやその変化。

やさしい英語で： The rise or fall of your voice that changes a word’s meaning in some languages.

• Mandarin uses tones to distinguish words.
• Say this syllable with a rising tone.
• Using the wrong tone can change the meaning.

類義語： lexical tone

よく使う表現： rising tone, falling tone, lexical tone

引き締める

運動によって筋肉や体を引き締める。

やさしい英語で： To make your muscles or body firmer through exercise.

• Swimming helps tone your muscles.
• She toned her arms by lifting weights.
• These exercises will tone your legs.

類義語： firm, strengthen

よく使う表現： tone your muscles, tone your arms, tone your body

色調を変える

髪や写真などの色合いを変える。

やさしい英語で： To change the colour of something, often hair or a photograph.

• This shampoo helps tone blonde hair.
• The photographer toned the print brown.
• She had her hair toned at the salon.

類義語： tint

よく使う表現： tone blonde hair, tone a photograph, tone a print