The Oxford 3000 words
The Oxford 3000 is a list of the 3,000 core words that every learner of English needs to know. The words have been chosen based on their frequency in the Oxford English Corpus and relevance to learners of English. Every word is aligned to the CEFR, guiding learners on the words they should know at A1-B2 level.
used to emphasize an adjective or adverb in negative sentences or questions, meaning ‘at all’
used with uncountable or plural nouns in negative sentences and questions, after if or whether, and after some verbs such as prevent, ban, forbid, etc. to refer to an amount or a number of something, however large or small
否定文や疑問文で、また条件を表す接続詞の後や、「妨げる」「禁じる」などの意味の動詞の後で、不可算名詞や複数名詞とともに使い、多い少ないにかかわらず量や数を表す
calculated by adding several amounts together, finding a total, and dividing the total by the number of amounts
to or into the place, condition, situation or activity where somebody/something was before
the simplest and smallest forms of life. Bacteria exist in large numbers in air, water and soil, and also in living and dead creatures and plants, and are often a cause of disease.
最も単純で小さな生命体。細菌は空気、水、土壌の中に、また生きている、あるいは死んだ生物や植物の中に大量に存在し、しばしば病気の原因となる。
a game played especially in the US by two teams of nine players, using a bat and ball. Each player tries to hit the ball and then run around four bases before the other team can return the ball.
特にアメリカで、9人ずつの2チームがバットとボールを使って行う競技。各選手はボールを打ち、相手チームがボールを返す前に4つの塁を回ろうとする。
a website where an individual person, or people representing an organization, write regularly about recent events or topics that interest them, usually with photos and links to other websites that they find interesting
個人や組織の代表者が、最近の出来事や関心のある話題について定期的に書くウェブサイト。ふつう写真や、興味深いと思う他のサイトへのリンクが付いている
a small disc on which sound or information is recorded. CDs can be played or read on various types of machines, including CD players and computers. (the abbreviation for ‘compact disc’)
音や情報を記録した小さな円盤。CDプレーヤーやコンピューターなどさまざまな機器で再生・読み取りができる。（「コンパクトディスク」の略）
a difference between two or more people or things that you can see clearly when they are compared or put close together; the fact of comparing two or more things in order to show the differences between them
二つ以上の人や物を比べたり並べたりしたときにはっきり分かる違い。また、違いを示すために比べること
a disk on which large amounts of information, especially films, photographs and video, can be stored, for use on a DVD player or computer (the abbreviation for ‘digital versatile disc’ or ‘digital videodisc’)
大量の情報、特に映画や写真、映像を記録できるディスク。DVDプレーヤーやコンピューターで再生する（digital versatile disc または digital videodisc の略）。DVD
used to refer to every one of two or more people or things, when you are thinking about them separately
二つ以上の人や物を一つずつ別々に考えるときに、そのすべてを指して使う語。それぞれの
a structure made of wood or wire supported with posts that is put between two areas of land as a boundary, or around a garden, field, etc. to keep animals in, or to keep people and animals out
二つの土地の境として、または庭や畑などを囲んで動物を閉じ込めたり、人や動物を入れないようにしたりするために置かれる、支柱で支えられた木や針金の構造物。柵
before anyone or anything else; at the beginning
a piece of cloth with a special coloured design on it that may be the symbol of a particular country or organization, may be used to give a signal or may have a particular meaning. A flag can be attached to a pole (= a long thin straight piece of wood or metal) or held in the hand.
特別な色の意匠が施された布。国や組織の象徴であったり、合図に使われたり、特定の意味を持ったりする。旗はさお(=木や金属でできた細長くまっすぐな棒)に取り付けることも、手に持つこともできる。
a type of sweet frozen food made from milk fat, tasting of fruit, chocolate, etc. and often eaten as a dessert; a small amount of this food intended for one person, often served in a container made of biscuit that is like a cone in shape
乳脂肪から作られ、果物やチョコレートなどの味がする甘い冷凍食品で、デザートとしてよく食べられるもの。また、一人分のこの食品で、コーンのような形をしたビスケットの容器に入れて出されることが多いもの
the study and use of electronic processes and equipment to store and send information of all kinds, including words, pictures and numbers (the abbreviation for ‘information technology’)
言葉・画像・数字を含むあらゆる種類の情報を保存し送るための、電子的な処理や機器についての学問とその利用（information technology の略）
a large, powerful animal of the cat family that hunts in groups and lives in parts of Africa and southern Asia. Lions have yellow-brown fur and the male has a mane (= long, thick hair round its neck).
ネコ科の大型で力の強い動物で、群れで狩りをし、アフリカや南アジアの一部に生息する。黄褐色の毛をもち、雄には首の周りにたてがみ(=首を取り巻く長く濃い毛)がある。
a type of large thin book with a paper cover that you can buy every week or month, containing articles, photographs, etc., often on a particular topic; a similar collection of articles, etc. that appears regularly online
毎週または毎月買える、紙の表紙がついた大きくて薄い本の一種で、記事や写真などが載っており、特定の主題を扱うことも多い。定期的にオンラインで公開される同様の記事の集まり。雑誌
used with plural nouns and verbs, especially in negative sentences or in more formal English, to mean ‘a large number of’. Also used in questions to ask about the size of a number, and with ‘as’, ‘so’ and ‘too’.
複数形の名詞や動詞とともに、特に否定文やより改まった英語で「多数の」という意味で使う。また、数の大きさを尋ねる疑問文や、as、so、too とともにも使う。
used with plural nouns and verbs, especially in negative sentences or in more formal English, to mean ‘a large number of’. Also used in questions to ask about the size of a number, and with ‘as’, ‘so’ and ‘too’.
複数形の名詞や動詞とともに、特に否定文やより改まった英語で「多数の」という意味で使う。また、数の大きさを尋ねる疑問文や、as、so、too とともにも使う。
a substance that is naturally present in the earth and is not formed from animal or vegetable matter, for example gold and salt. Some minerals are also present in food and drink and in the human body and are essential for good health.
自然に地中に存在し、動物質や植物質からできてはいない物質。たとえば金や塩。鉱物の一部は食べ物や飲み物、人体にも含まれ、健康に欠かせない。
used to form the comparative of most adjectives and adverbs with two or more syllables
used with plural nouns and verbs, especially in negative sentences or in more formal English, to mean ‘a large number of’. Also used in questions to ask about the size of a number, and with ‘as’, ‘so’ and ‘too’.
複数形の名詞や動詞とともに、特に否定文やより改まった英語で「多数の」という意味で使う。数の大きさを尋ねる疑問文や、'as'、'so'、'too' とともにも使う。
used to form the superlative of most adjectives and adverbs of two or more syllables
used with plural nouns and verbs, especially in negative sentences or in more formal English, to mean ‘a large number of’. Also used in questions to ask about the size of a number, and with ‘as’, ‘so’ and ‘too’.
複数形の名詞や動詞とともに、特に否定文やより改まった英語で「多数の」という意味で使う。数の大きさを尋ねる疑問文や、'as'、'so'、'too' とともにも使う。
used with uncountable nouns, especially in negative sentences to mean ‘a large amount of something’, or after ‘how’ to ask about the amount of something. It is also used with ‘as’, ‘so’ and ‘too’.
不可算名詞とともに、特に否定文で「多量の」という意味で使う。また 'how' の後で量を尋ねるのにも使う。'as'、'so'、'too' とともにも使う。
used with plural nouns and verbs, especially in negative sentences or in more formal English, to mean ‘a large number of’. Also used in questions to ask about the size of a number, and with ‘as’, ‘so’ and ‘too’.
複数形の名詞や動詞とともに、特に否定文やより改まった英語で「多数の」という意味で使う。数の大きさを尋ねる疑問文や、'as'、'so'、'too' とともにも使う。
a net amount of money is the amount that remains when nothing more is to be taken away
on the other side of a particular area from somebody/something and usually facing them
誰かや何かから見て、ある場所の反対側にあり、ふつう向かい合っている
on the other side of a particular area from somebody/something and usually facing them
There's a newly married couple living opposite (= on the other side of the road).
a light strong material that is produced by chemical processes and can be formed into shapes when heated. There are many different types of plastic, used to make different objects and fabrics.
化学的な工程で作られ、熱を加えると形を変えられる、軽くて丈夫な素材。プラスチックには多くの種類があり、さまざまな物や生地を作るのに使われる。
a piece of writing in which the words are chosen for their sound and the images they suggest, not just for their obvious meanings. The words are arranged in separate lines, usually with a repeated rhythm, and often the lines rhyme at the end.
言葉が、単に明らかな意味のためだけでなく、その響きや想起させるイメージのために選ばれている作品。言葉は行に分けて並べられ、ふつう一定のリズムがあり、行末で韻を踏むことも多い；詩
the position, especially a high position, that somebody has in a particular organization, society, etc.
a white substance that is added to food to make it taste better or to preserve it. Salt is obtained from mines and is also found in seawater. It is sometimes called common salt to show that it is different from other chemical salts. Its chemical name is sodium chloride.
食べ物の味をよくしたり保存したりするために加える白い物質。塩は鉱山から採れ、海水にも含まれる。他の化学的な塩類と区別するために食塩と呼ばれることもある。化学名は塩化ナトリウム。
happening or coming next after the first in a series of similar things or people; 2nd
a set of words expressing a statement, a question or an order, usually containing a subject and a verb. In written English sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop/period (.), a question mark (?) or an exclamation mark (!).
叙述、疑問、命令を表す一続きの語で、たいてい主語と動詞を含む。英語の書き言葉では、文は大文字で始まり、ピリオド（.）、疑問符（?）、感嘆符（!）で終わる。
money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services. People pay tax according to their income and businesses pay tax according to their profits. Tax is also often paid on goods and services.
政府が公共サービスの費用をまかなえるように払わなければならないお金。人は収入に応じて、企業は利益に応じて税を払う。商品やサービスにも税がかかることが多い。
used after some verbs, adjectives and nouns to introduce a new part of the sentence
文の新しい部分を導くために、一部の動詞、形容詞、名詞の後に使う
used as a greeting to tell somebody that you are pleased that they are there