"could" meaning in 英語

See could in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: kʊd
  1. (可能・過去形)~できた。
    Sense id: ja-could-en-verb-GyD5RCyR
  2. (仮定法)if節に用いて事実と異なる仮定を表わす。
    Sense id: ja-could-en-verb-NHXovn5T
  3. (仮定法)帰結節に用いて事実と異なる事態を表わす。
    Sense id: ja-could-en-verb-td6bO1lE
  4. (丁寧な依頼)~していただけますか。
    Sense id: ja-could-en-verb-SrGTQYKH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: would, should, might
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "国際音声記号あり",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語 音声リンクがある語句",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語_助動詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "英語",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "助動詞",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "would"
    },
    {
      "word": "should"
    },
    {
      "word": "might"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "時制の用法として、canの過去形として用いられる。ただし、仮定法の用法との混同を避けるため、代替してbe able to等を用いることが好まれる。"
        },
        {
          "text": "He disturbed me, so I could not do it.",
          "translation": "彼が邪魔したから、それができなかった。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(可能・過去形)~できた。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-could-en-verb-GyD5RCyR"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If I could help you, I would soon.",
          "translation": "手伝えれば、すぐにでも手伝うつもりだが(今はできない)。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "I would have told Bill, if I could have seen him.",
          "text": "ビルに会えたら、言っておいたのに。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(仮定法)if節に用いて事実と異なる仮定を表わす。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-could-en-verb-NHXovn5T"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "I could help you, if you would let me.",
          "text": "やっていいのなら、手伝うけど。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "If he had not disturbed me, I could have done it.",
          "text": "彼が邪魔しなかったら、それができたのに。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "It could have been worse.",
          "text": "あるいはもっと悪くなっていただろう。/このくらいですんでまだよかった。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(仮定法)帰結節に用いて事実と異なる事態を表わす。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-could-en-verb-td6bO1lE"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Could you tell me your phone number?",
          "text": "電話番号を教えていただけますか。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(丁寧な依頼)~していただけますか。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-could-en-verb-SrGTQYKH"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "kʊd"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "auxiliary"
  ],
  "word": "could"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "国際音声記号あり",
    "英語",
    "英語 音声リンクがある語句",
    "英語_助動詞"
  ],
  "lang": "英語",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "助動詞",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "would"
    },
    {
      "word": "should"
    },
    {
      "word": "might"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "時制の用法として、canの過去形として用いられる。ただし、仮定法の用法との混同を避けるため、代替してbe able to等を用いることが好まれる。"
        },
        {
          "text": "He disturbed me, so I could not do it.",
          "translation": "彼が邪魔したから、それができなかった。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(可能・過去形)~できた。"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If I could help you, I would soon.",
          "translation": "手伝えれば、すぐにでも手伝うつもりだが(今はできない)。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "I would have told Bill, if I could have seen him.",
          "text": "ビルに会えたら、言っておいたのに。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(仮定法)if節に用いて事実と異なる仮定を表わす。"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "I could help you, if you would let me.",
          "text": "やっていいのなら、手伝うけど。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "If he had not disturbed me, I could have done it.",
          "text": "彼が邪魔しなかったら、それができたのに。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "It could have been worse.",
          "text": "あるいはもっと悪くなっていただろう。/このくらいですんでまだよかった。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(仮定法)帰結節に用いて事実と異なる事態を表わす。"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Could you tell me your phone number?",
          "text": "電話番号を教えていただけますか。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(丁寧な依頼)~していただけますか。"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "kʊd"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "auxiliary"
  ],
  "word": "could"
}

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