Meaning

  1. To start and event, activity, or progress.
  2. To start a match by kicking the ball often called football or soccer.
  3. To suddenly get angry or to cause a commotion.
  4. To pass away.

Today's Sentences

01

Our team will kick off first.

Situation

Who’s going to kick off the match tonight?

今夜の試合は誰が始めるのでしょうか?

Our team will kick off first.

私たちのチームが先に始めます。

Then we need to score quickly.

次に、私たちは迅速に点を取る必要があります。

Exactly, let’s go win this game!

そうですね、この試合に勝ちに行きましょう!

02

How should we kick off Thanksgiving?

Situation

How should we kick off Thanksgiving this year?

今年の感謝祭はどのように始めましょうか?

I was thinking we could start by going pumpkin picking.

かぼちゃ狩りから始めるのはどうでしょうか。

That sounds perfect!
Pumpkins always set the holiday mood.

それは完璧ですね!
カボチャはいつも休日の雰囲気を盛り上げます。

Exactly, nothing better than to kick off Thanksgiving with a basket of bright orange pumpkins.

確かに、感謝祭を始めるのにこれ以上ないのは、鮮やかなオレンジ色のかぼちゃのバスケットです。

Writer's Note

"Kick off" is an intransitive, transitive, inseparable and separable phrasal verb. Let’s dive in with the structure and examples together.

「Kick off」は自動詞、他動詞、分離可能句動詞、分離不可能句動詞です。構造と例を一緒に見てみましょう。
  1. Intransitive - A phrasal verb that does not take an object; it makes sense on its own.
    Structure: "Subject + kick off (+ adverbial/time)"
    Example 1: The meeting will kick off at 9 a.m.
    Example 2: The concert kicked off with fireworks.
    Example 3: The soccer match kicks off in ten minutes.
  2. 自動詞 - 目的語を取らない句動詞で、それ自体で意味が通じます。
    構造: "Subject + kick off (+ adverbial/time)"
    例 1: 会議は9時にkick offします。
    例 2: コンサートは花火でkicked offしました。
    例 3: サッカーの試合は10分後にkicks offします。
  3. Transitive - A phrasal verb that needs an object to complete its meaning.
    Structure: "Subject + kick + object + off"
    Example 1: The coach kicked the season off with a motivational speech.
    Example 2: Let’s kick the party off with some music.
    Example 3: She kicked off the presentation by telling a funny story.
  4. 他動詞 - 意味を完成させるために目的語を必要とする句動詞。
    構造: "主語 + kick + 目的語 + off"
    例1: コーチはモチベーションを高めるスピーチでシーズンをkicked offしました。
    例2: 音楽でパーティーをkick offしましょう。
    例3: 彼女は面白い話をしてプレゼンテーションをkicked offしました。
  5. Inseparable - A phrasal verb where the object must come after the whole phrase; you cannot split the verb and particle.
    Structure: "Subject + kick off (+ adverbial/time)"
    Example 1: The festival will kick off this weekend with a parade.
    Example 2: The lecture kicked off earlier than expected.
    Example 3: The campaign officially kicks off tomorrow.
  6. Inseparable - 句の中で目的語が動詞句の後に必ず来る句動詞です。動詞と前置詞を分けることはできません。
    Structure: "Subject + kick off (+ adverbial/time)"
    Example 1: The festival will kick off this weekend with a parade.
    Example 2: The lecture kicked off earlier than expected.
    Example 3: The campaign officially kicks off tomorrow.
  7. Separable - When the particle and verb are separated by an object.
    Structure: "Subject + kick + object + off"
    Example 1: They kicked the ceremony off with a moment of silence.
    Example 2: He always kicks meetings off by telling a joke.
    Example 3: The teacher kicked off the lesson with a quick review.
  8. Separable - パーティクルと動詞が目的語によって分けられる場合。
    Structure: "Subject + kick + object + off"
    Example 1: 彼らは黙祷で式典をkicked offしました。
    Example 2: 彼はいつも冗談を言って会議をkicks offします。
    Example 3: 先生は簡単な復習で授業をkicked offしました。

Related words: Begin, blow up, commence, croak, depart, die, erupt, expire, flare up, get going, launch, lose it, open, pass away, perish, protest, restart, riot, set in motion, start, start the game, trigger

関連する単語: Begin, blow up, commence, croak, depart, die, erupt, expire, flare up, get going, launch, lose it, open, pass away, perish, protest, restart, riot, set in motion, start, start the game, trigger
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