2018.02.23
“Gung-ho”の意味と使い方 Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 233
Gung-ho ってどういう意味？
Gung-ho は「血気盛ん」や「血の気が多い」、「やる気に満ち溢れた」といった意味になります。ニュアンスとしては、少しやる気のありすぎるくらい仕事熱心な人のことを指す形容詞です。
第二次大戦中の1942年、中国語の「工」が「働く」、「合」が「共に」という意味であることから、アメリカ海兵隊内で”Gung-ho”というモットーが広く使われていました。転じて、現在は「職務に非常に献身的な」という意味のアメリカ英語として使われています。
Gung-ho ってどういう場面で使うの？
たとえば、やる気に満ち溢れた新メンバーについて同僚と会話する中で：
Justin: What do you think about the newest member of the team?
You: He’s really gung-ho!
Justin: 最近入ったあの方についてどう思いますか？
You: やる気に満ち溢れていますね！
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Hello everyone and welcome to another
Bizmates for Beginners video lesson
0:00:05.339,0:00:10.019
where every week, we introduce an
interesting expression phrase or idiom
0:00:10.019,0:00:14.910
that you can use in your daily
conversation. And this week everyone, we
0:00:14.910,0:00:21.029
are going to learn the expression: "gung
ho." Now I think it's something maybe you
0:00:21.029,0:00:26.250
haven't heard before, so we'll jump into
the details a little later on, but first
0:00:26.250,0:00:29.939
everyone, let's do a quick review of last
week's class.
0:00:29.939,0:00:36.210
Alright so imagine I say: Guess what,
you know, the boss just asked if I want
0:00:36.210,0:00:41.940
to transfer overseas. What should I do?
Well of course, it's a very big, very
0:00:41.940,0:00:47.370
important decision, so you think I should
maybe take my time and maybe give a
0:00:47.370,0:00:52.140
response tomorrow after I've thought
about it. OK so how do you say that
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using the expression we learned from
last week? I'll give you five seconds okay?
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You ready? Alright go.
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And time is up. If you
said "that's a big decision, so you should
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sleep on it" then that's exactly right.
Good job and thank you for remembering
0:01:13.860,0:01:19.920
last week's expression. Alright everyone,
so let's move on to "gung ho."Now this is
0:01:19.920,0:01:24.420
what I sometimes hear...
Alright so recently we had a few new
0:01:24.420,0:01:28.979
members join our company and join the
team, so I say: Hey Taro, what do you think
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about the newest member of the team?
And Taro says: Well he's really energish!
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OK, bonus question for those of you who've
been watching the channel for some time,
0:01:39.420,0:01:45.149
you know that "energish" isn't quite
right. Instead we should use... that's right
0:01:45.149,0:01:49.979
energetic but a different way of saying that is...
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yeah that's right, he's really gung-ho. OK so
whenever someone's really energetic, has
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a lot of energy, is really ambitious and
excited to do things, they're very
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gung-ho. OK now you might say, Justin this
doesn't really sound like an English
0:02:05.009,0:02:11.160
word or English expression. And you would
be right, this actually is taken from a
0:02:11.160,0:02:15.840
Chinese expression, okay?
The very interesting thing about the
0:02:15.840,0:02:21.209
English language is that it often
borrows and takes words and expressions
0:02:21.209,0:02:26.250
from different countries and languages --
countries like Canada and America and
0:02:26.250,0:02:30.810
Australia or the UK, they are very
international places, so it's only
0:02:30.810,0:02:35.519
natural for them to, you know, take some
phrases or expressions and then
0:02:35.519,0:02:41.250
implement it into daily conversation
right? So for example, you might have
0:02:41.250,0:02:46.110
heard someone say "bon voyage" or "bon
appetit" right? And even though they're a
0:02:46.110,0:02:51.480
native English speaker, they will use
that French expression to wish
0:02:51.480,0:02:55.950
someone a good journey, or before they
enjoy a delicious meal you might say "bon
0:02:55.950,0:03:02.819
appetit" right? Or you might hear someone
say "gesundheit" when someone sneezes all
0:03:02.819,0:03:08.400
right, and actually that's German to
wish someone good health. So English is
0:03:08.400,0:03:12.510
interesting in that regard, it takes and
it uses expressions from different
0:03:12.510,0:03:16.500
languages, and native speakers use them
all the time, all right? So that's
0:03:16.500,0:03:20.040
something to keep in mind.
Alright everyone pronunciation: "gung ho"
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it's as you see it written here, so
please repeat after me okay: he's really
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gung ho. Your turn.
0:03:27.300,0:03:32.740
OK now after my question: What do you think
about the newest member of the team?
0:03:34.940,0:03:39.280
OK that's right, so please remember this for next time, alright?
0:03:40.280,0:03:44.100
OK so our bonus
question this week everyone is another
0:03:44.100,0:03:49.019
way to say: "improve." If you know what the
answer is, please leave it in the
0:03:49.019,0:03:53.489
comments below, but if you don't know
what the answer, is and you're interested
0:03:53.489,0:03:58.020
in finding out, you can of course find it
in one of our previous videos.
0:03:58.220,0:04:03.359
OK everyone, so that is it for me this week.
Thank you so much for watching, have a
0:04:03.359,0:04:07.489
great weekend everyone and I'll see you
next time.
Hello everyone and welcome to another
Bizmates for Beginners video lesson
0:00:05.339,0:00:10.019
where every week, we introduce an
interesting expression phrase or idiom
0:00:10.019,0:00:14.910
that you can use in your daily
conversation. And this week everyone, we
0:00:14.910,0:00:21.029
are going to learn the expression: "gung
ho." Now I think it's something maybe you
0:00:21.029,0:00:26.250
haven't heard before, so we'll jump into
the details a little later on, but first
0:00:26.250,0:00:29.939
everyone, let's do a quick review of last
week's class.
0:00:29.939,0:00:36.210
Alright so imagine I say: Guess what,
you know, the boss just asked if I want
0:00:36.210,0:00:41.940
to transfer overseas. What should I do?
Well of course, it's a very big, very
0:00:41.940,0:00:47.370
important decision, so you think I should
maybe take my time and maybe give a
0:00:47.370,0:00:52.140
response tomorrow after I've thought
about it. OK so how do you say that
0:00:52.140,0:00:56.820
using the expression we learned from
last week? I'll give you five seconds okay?
0:00:56.820,0:00:58.940
You ready? Alright go.
0:01:02.480,0:01:09.080
And time is up. If you
said "that's a big decision, so you should
0:01:09.080,0:01:13.860
sleep on it" then that's exactly right.
Good job and thank you for remembering
0:01:13.860,0:01:19.920
last week's expression. Alright everyone,
so let's move on to "gung ho."Now this is
0:01:19.920,0:01:24.420
what I sometimes hear...
Alright so recently we had a few new
0:01:24.420,0:01:28.979
members join our company and join the
team, so I say: Hey Taro, what do you think
0:01:28.979,0:01:35.159
about the newest member of the team?
And Taro says: Well he's really energish!
0:01:35.159,0:01:39.420
OK, bonus question for those of you who've
been watching the channel for some time,
0:01:39.420,0:01:45.149
you know that "energish" isn't quite
right. Instead we should use... that's right
0:01:45.149,0:01:49.979
energetic but a different way of saying that is...
0:01:49.979,0:01:55.290
yeah that's right, he's really gung-ho. OK so
whenever someone's really energetic, has
0:01:55.290,0:01:59.280
a lot of energy, is really ambitious and
excited to do things, they're very
0:01:59.280,0:02:05.009
gung-ho. OK now you might say, Justin this
doesn't really sound like an English
0:02:05.009,0:02:11.160
word or English expression. And you would
be right, this actually is taken from a
0:02:11.160,0:02:15.840
Chinese expression, okay?
The very interesting thing about the
0:02:15.840,0:02:21.209
English language is that it often
borrows and takes words and expressions
0:02:21.209,0:02:26.250
from different countries and languages --
countries like Canada and America and
0:02:26.250,0:02:30.810
Australia or the UK, they are very
international places, so it's only
0:02:30.810,0:02:35.519
natural for them to, you know, take some
phrases or expressions and then
0:02:35.519,0:02:41.250
implement it into daily conversation
right? So for example, you might have
0:02:41.250,0:02:46.110
heard someone say "bon voyage" or "bon
appetit" right? And even though they're a
0:02:46.110,0:02:51.480
native English speaker, they will use
that French expression to wish
0:02:51.480,0:02:55.950
someone a good journey, or before they
enjoy a delicious meal you might say "bon
0:02:55.950,0:03:02.819
appetit" right? Or you might hear someone
say "gesundheit" when someone sneezes all
0:03:02.819,0:03:08.400
right, and actually that's German to
wish someone good health. So English is
0:03:08.400,0:03:12.510
interesting in that regard, it takes and
it uses expressions from different
0:03:12.510,0:03:16.500
languages, and native speakers use them
all the time, all right? So that's
0:03:16.500,0:03:20.040
something to keep in mind.
Alright everyone pronunciation: "gung ho"
0:03:20.040,0:03:24.269
it's as you see it written here, so
please repeat after me okay: he's really
0:03:24.269,0:03:25.980
gung ho. Your turn.
0:03:27.300,0:03:32.740
OK now after my question: What do you think
about the newest member of the team?
0:03:34.940,0:03:39.280
OK that's right, so please remember this for next time, alright?
0:03:40.280,0:03:44.100
OK so our bonus
question this week everyone is another
0:03:44.100,0:03:49.019
way to say: "improve." If you know what the
answer is, please leave it in the
0:03:49.019,0:03:53.489
comments below, but if you don't know
what the answer, is and you're interested
0:03:53.489,0:03:58.020
in finding out, you can of course find it
in one of our previous videos.
0:03:58.220,0:04:03.359
OK everyone, so that is it for me this week.
Thank you so much for watching, have a
0:04:03.359,0:04:07.489
great weekend everyone and I'll see you
next time.
