| 分類・項目 |
数の数え方 |
備考 |
| 容器等を使って |
a bottle of wine |
一瓶 |
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a package of frozen spinach |
包み、形容詞 frozen の位置 |
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a (brimful) cup of tea |
（カップ）一杯、形容詞 brimful の位置 |
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a carton of milk [eggs] |
カートン、egg 等の可算名詞でも |
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two glasses of water |
（コップ）〜杯、glass/glasses |
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a spoonful of sugar |
ひとさじ spoonfuls/spoonsful
two (level) tablespoonfuls of sugar 大さじ（すりきり）〜杯の… （teaspoonful の3倍，約15cc T.,tbs.,tbsp.）*
2 (heaping) tablespoons of cocoa 大さじ（山盛り）〜杯の… *
a tea spoonful of baking soda 茶さじ〜杯の… （5cc tsp.）* |
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two boxes of cookies |
〜箱、box/boxes、可算名詞が多い
a box chock-full of candy 形容詞の位置 |
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a bag of potato chips |
袋、bags of money たくさんのお金
a sack of potatoes、potato/potatoes |
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| 形状を使って |
a piece of paper [chalk,cheese] |
一片、一切れ、一個、一枚
一枚 a sheet of paper |
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two heads of lettuces [cabbages] |
two heads lettuce , two cabbages
a couple of lettuce(s) |
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a stick/stalk of celery |
棒状のもの・茎
株は a head of celery
a stick of chalk [soap] |
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an ear of corn |
（雌）穂 |
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a slice [piece] of bread |
一枚、ひと切れ
一塊 a loaf of bread
loaf/loaves |
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a cluster of grapes |
房、可算名詞
群れ・集団 a cluster of children |
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a bunch of bananas [grapes] |
房、可算名詞
一束のキー a bunch of keys |
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a strip of bacon |
細長い一片 |
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a bar of chocolate [gold,metal] |
棒状の塊り
a chocolate bar |
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a cake of soap |
一個
石鹸 bar,cube,tablet |
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a tablet of chocolate |
平たい小塊 |
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a lump/cube of sugar |
塊り、角砂糖（１個）
two sugars 角砂糖２個 |
| （集合名詞）* |
a piece of furniture
two pieces of baggage [luggage] |
much furniture |
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| 単位を使って |
a gallon of gasoline [water] |
ガロン、約3.785リットル（8パイント）《米》
a half-gallon of milk
a two-gallon jug of wine ジャグ：容器 |
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a pound of meat [hamburger] |
ポンド、約453.6グラム（16オンス）
half a pound of cheese
weigh 120 pounds 15 ounces |
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a pint of beer [milk] |
パイント、約0.473リットル（液量）《米》 |
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a liter of water [petrol] |
litre《英》 |
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two ounces of coffee * |
〜オンスの… |
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a quart of scotch * |
〜クォートの… |
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two million barrels of oil * |
barrels [a barrel] of money：うなるほどの金 |
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an inch of rain [snow] * |
〜インチの…
10 feet of water , three yards of rope |
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10,000 square feet of office space * |
a square inch of ... , 1.5 square inches of ... |
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他の単位を使って同様パターンの表現もできます * |
| 複数 |
several pieces of advice |
いくつかの （advice：抽象名詞）
a word of advice 一言 |
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many pieces of advice |
たくさんの |
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hundreds of people |
数百の
２００人：two hundred people |
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thousands of locusts |
数千の
tens of thousands of
hundreds of thousands of
millions of |
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dozens of |
何ダースもの、多数の |
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two pair(s) of shoes [trousers,scissors] |
〜対・〜組、a suit [pair] of pajamas |
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| 少量の |
a touch of irony |
ちょっぴりの、ちょっとした |
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a trifle of sugar |
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a drop of wine |
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an element of doubt [risk] |
要素 |
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a grain of sense [love] |
主に否定文で |
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a pinch of salt |
一つまみ、少し |
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a finger of wine |
約3/4インチ |
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a hint of pepper [garlic] |
微量 |
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a small quantity of beer |
quanitity：量 |
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a bit of land [advice] |
少し |
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(in/by/at) a fraction of |
ごく少量、わずか |
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| 多量・多数の |
a lot of |
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a heap of |
多数・多量の、heaps of |
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a mass of |
多数・多量の、masses of |
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a pile of |
多量・たくさんの、piles of |
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a (good[great]) deal of |
たくさん・多量の |
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plenty of fruit |
たくさん・多量の |
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a stack of papers |
たくさん・多量の、書類の山 |
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quantities of snow |
多量・多数の、a quantity of |
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a multitude of |
多数の、multitudes of |
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a (large) number of |
多数の、numbers of |
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scores of |
たくさんの
scores of times しばしば
a score of 3 to 2 ３対２（のスコア） |
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infinite |
無限［無量］の |
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enormous |
巨大な、莫大な |
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numerous |
非常に多くの |
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multiple |
多数の |
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a thousand |
無数の、多数の |
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