case 意味 & 読み方

日本語でのcaseの意味

• 0 a large bag with a handle that you use for carrying clothes when you are travelling -- スーツケース

• 1 a container for storing or protecting something -- 箱, ケース

  • a pencil case

• 2 a particular situation or example of something -- 場合

  • We usually ask for references, but in your case it will not be necessary.

• 3 something that is decided in a court of law -- 裁判

  • a divorce case

• 4 a crime that the police are trying to solve -- 事件

  • a murder case

  • Local police have investigated 50 cases of burglary in the past month.

• 5 because something might happen -- 万一に備えて

  • Bring a chair in case we don’t have enough.

  • I don’t think it will rain, but I’ll bring an umbrella just in case.

• 6 in preparation for something happening -- ～に備えて

  • We keep a bucket of water here in case of fire.

• 7 to be true -- 事実だ

  • A poor diet can make you tired, but I don’t think that’s the case here.

• 8 used to give another reason for something you are saying, or that you have done -- ともかく

  • I don’t want to go, and in any case, I wasn’t invited.

• 9 because that is the situation -- もしそうなら

  • ‘Peter will be there.’ ‘Oh, in that case, I’ll come too.’