kind
要点親切な、優しい、種類
意味
- 親切な,優しい,思いやりのある
- (…の)種類,部類(sort)《+of+名》
例文
John isn't the kind of man who would betray you.
ジョンはあなたを裏切るような人ではない。
This kind of experience is familiar to everyone.
この種の経験は誰にも馴染み深い。
Would you be so kind as to open the door for me?
私のためにどうか戸を開けてくださいませんか。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English kynde, kinde, from Old English cynd, ġecynd (“inherent nature, disposition, kind, gender, generation, race”), from Proto-West Germanic *kundi, from Proto-Germanic *kinþiz, related to Proto-Germanic *kunją (“race, kin”) and Old English cennan (“to bear, give birth”). Cognate with Old High German gikunt (“nature, kind”), Icelandic kind (“race, species, kind”). Doublet of gens, genesis, and jati. See also kin.
関連する単語
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