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Front 1

accommodation

Back 1

–noun
1. the act of accommodating; state or process of being accommodated; adaptation.
2. adjustment of differences; reconciliation.
3. Sociology . a process of mutual adaptation between persons or groups, usually achieved by eliminating or reducing hostility, as by compromise or arbitration.

[名]

1 [U]（…への）適応，順応；社会学応化；調整，調節(adjustment)((to ...))；眼科（目の）調節

2 [U][C]((形式))（…間の）和解，調停(reconciliation)((between ...))

3 [U][C]好都合，便宜（をはかること）

4 [U]((米では通例～s))宿泊（設備）；宿泊所，（病院の）収容施設（▼部屋・寝台のほか，食事・娯楽設備も含まれる）；（列車・飛行機などの）予約した座席・寝台などの設備；[U]((英))貸間，貸部屋；[U]（…の）仕事場((for ...))；((形式))（…用の）スペース((for ...))

5 [U]世話やき，親切.

6 [U]((米))商業融通，融資；[C]融通手

Front 2

emotion

Back 2

–noun
1. an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
2. any of the feelings of joy, sorrow, fear, hate, love, etc.
3. any strong agitation of the feelings actuated by experiencing love, hate, fear, etc., and usually accompanied by certain physiological changes, as increased heartbeat or respiration, and often overt manifestation, as crying or shaking.

[名]

1 [U]感情. ⇒FEELING[類語]

appeal to emotion rather than to reason
理性より感情に訴える.

2 （悲喜・愛憎・恐怖などの）感情，情緒，気持ち，心理

betray one's emotions
感情をつい表に出す

suppress one's emotions
感情を抑える

be overcome with emotion
感情に押し流される.

3 [U]感動，感激；[C]感動を呼び起こすもの

He read the story with deep emotion.
その物語を読んで深く感動した.

Front 3

involve

Back 3

–verb (used with object), -volved, -volv·ing.
1. to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
2. to engage or employ.
3. to affect, as something within the scope of operation.

[動](他)

1 ［III[名]/doing］…を必然的に含む；…を要件とする，伴う

Heart disease often involves psychological and social factors.
心臓病には心理的・社会的要因がからんでいることが多い

Four out of every five murders involve people who know each other well.
殺人事件の8割は知り合いどうしで起こる

My job involves interviewing people.
仕事はインタビューが主だ.

2 ［III[名][副]］〈人などを〉（議論・事件などに）巻き込む，巻き添えにする，かかわらせる((in ...))

involve a person in a quarrel
人をけんかに巻き込む

get involved in an argument
議論に参加する

The manager's mista

Front 4

accept

Back 4

–verb (used with object)
1. to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor: to accept a present; to accept a proposal.
2. to agree or consent to; accede to: to accept a treaty; to accept an apology.
3. to respond or answer affirmatively to: to accept an invitation.



—Usage note
Accept and except are sometimes confused as verbs because of their similar pronunciations, especially in rapid speech. Accept means “to take or receive” ( I accept this trophy ), while except means “to exclude” ( Certain types of damage are excepted from coverage in this insurance policy ).

(他)

1 〈贈り物などを〉受け取る；〈わいろを〉（…から）受け取る((from ...))；…を受け入れる；〈招待・申し込み・任命・栄誉・職などを〉承諾する，受諾する，引き受ける（⇔decline, reject）；〈計画・論文・答申などを〉受理する；〈提案などを〉聞き入れる；〈女性が〉〈男性の〉求