chore
意味
- (家庭や農場の)雑用,毎日のきまりきった仕事
- (きまりきっていて)つまらない仕事
例文
I help mother do the household chores every day.
私は毎日母の家事を手伝います。
The maid was dead tired of her household chores.
お手伝いさんは毎日の家事にはほとほとうんざりしていた。
This app helps save time on household chores.
このアプリは家事の時短に役立つ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From earlier char, from Middle English charr, charre, cherre (“odd job, turn, occasion, business”), from Old English ċerr, ċierr (“a turn”), from ċierran (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Dutch keer (“time; turn; occasion”), German Kehre (“a turn; bend; wind; back-flip; u-turn”). Also related to Saterland Frisian kiere, käire (“to turn”), Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran (“to turn”) (German kehren (“to turn”), Dutch keren (“to turn”)). See also char.