vernacular

日常語、口語

改まった言葉や書き言葉とは異なる、地域の表現も含む普段の話し方。

やさしい英語で： The ordinary way people speak, including local expressions, rather than formal or written language.

• The dialogue uses street vernacular.
• He replaced formal terms with everyday vernacular.
• Young people’s vernacular changes quickly.

類義語： everyday speech, colloquial language

よく使う表現： street vernacular, everyday vernacular, in the vernacular

現地語、土着語

ある国や地域の人々が、普段の生活で話す言語。

やさしい英語で： The language normally spoken by people in a particular country or area.

• The book appeared in the vernacular.
• She translated the songs into the local vernacular.
• Schools began teaching in the vernacular instead of a foreign language.

類義語： local language, native language

よく使う表現： in the vernacular, local vernacular, translate into vernacular, mass in vernacular

日常語の、口語の

改まった言葉や書き言葉でなく、普段話す言葉を使う、またはそれに関すること。

やさしい英語で： Using or relating to the ordinary language people speak rather than formal or written language.

• The poem uses vernacular language.
• She studied vernacular expressions from the region.
• His vernacular style makes the dialogue sound natural.

類義語： colloquial, everyday

反対語： formal

よく使う表現： vernacular speech, vernacular language, vernacular expression

土着の、固有の

人が生まれた土地や、物事が発展した土地に元来属していること。

やさしい英語で： Belonging naturally to the place where someone was born or something developed.

• The writer celebrated vernacular customs.
• Travellers described the villagers’ vernacular habits.
• These vernacular traditions developed within the island community.

類義語： native, indigenous

反対語： foreign

よく使う表現： vernacular customs, vernacular traditions, vernacular habits