casual

/ˈkæʒ.ju.əl/

意味: カジュアルな、偶然の

例文: Haruki wore casual to a royal banquet.
　　  ハルキが王室の晩餐会に普段着で登場。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: casual clothes(カジュアルな服), casual conversation(カジュアルな会話), casual job(カジュアルな仕事)

定義: 普段着やリラックスした雰囲気を指す言葉です。形式ばらず、気軽で親しみやすい状態や態度を表します。服装や会話、仕事などで使われ、特に特別な準備や計画が必要ない状況を示します。

casualは約60,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Adjective: marked by blithe unconcern
Adjective: without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
Adjective: appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
Adjective: occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
Adjective: hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
Adjective: occurring from time to time
Adjective: characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
Adjective: natural and unstudied
Adjective: not showing effort or strain

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Adjective

Examples(例文)

Adjective: an ability to interest casual students
Adjective: showed a casual disregard for cold weather
Adjective: an utterly insouciant financial policy
Adjective: an elegantly insouciant manner
Adjective: drove his car with nonchalant abandon
Adjective: was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner
Adjective: a casual remark
Adjective: information collected by casual methods and in their spare time
Adjective: casual clothes
Adjective: everyday clothes
Adjective: seek help from casual passers-by
Adjective: a casual meeting
Adjective: a chance occurrence
Adjective: a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house’s structural flaws
Adjective: a passing glance
Adjective: perfunctory courtesy
Adjective: casual employment
Adjective: a casual correspondence with a former teacher
Adjective: an occasional worker
Adjective: a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter
Adjective: using their Christian names in a casual way
Adjective: lectured in a free-and-easy style
Adjective: a difficult feat performed with casual mastery
Adjective: careless grace

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): casual, chance, cursory, daily, effortless, everyday, fooling, free-and-easy, insouciant, nonchalant, occasional, passing, perfunctory

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語):

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの):

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語):

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: casualness, effortlessness, insouciance, nonchalance

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: business, descriptive, emotional, online

Grammatical Notes:

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): al

Exam Level

TOEIC500

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書):

Movies(映画): Frozen

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: