undertaking

事業、大仕事

人が取りかかる、または完成を目指す仕事や計画。多くは困難なもの。

やさしい英語で： A task or project that someone starts or tries to complete, often a difficult one.

• Moving house is a big undertaking.
• Building the bridge was an expensive undertaking.
• They completed this ambitious undertaking in two years.

類義語： project, task, enterprise

よく使う表現： a major undertaking, a difficult undertaking, an ambitious undertaking

確約、約束

何かをすると固く約束すること。特に正式な場での約束。

やさしい英語で： A firm promise to do something, especially one made officially.

• She gave a written undertaking.
• We received an undertaking to protect the trees.
• The court accepted his undertaking to leave the property.

使い方： undertaking to do something (He gave an undertaking to repay the money.)

類義語： promise, pledge, commitment

よく使う表現： give an undertaking, a written undertaking, undertaking to pay

葬儀業

遺体を埋葬できるように整え、葬儀を手配する仕事。

やさしい英語で： The business of preparing dead people for burial and arranging funerals.

• His family works in undertaking.
• The company offers undertaking services.
• She joined the undertaking business after helping at a funeral home.

類義語： funeral directing

よく使う表現： undertaking business, undertaking services, work in undertaking