obligation

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ɑb.ləˈɡeɪ.ʃən/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

something that you do because it is your duty or because you feel you have to

日本語の意味

義務 / 責務 / 責任 / 務め / しなければならないこと

英語の意味

something that you do because it is your duty or because you feel you have to

やさしい日本語

責任（せきにん）があるため、しなければならないことです。

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As a close friend, she felt a strong obligation to support him during his legal troubles.

彼女は親しい友人として、彼が法的な問題に直面している間、彼を支援する強い義務を感じていた。

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意味（1）

The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.

意味（2）

A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.

I feel I'm under obligation to attend my sister's wedding, even though we have a very frosty relationship.

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意味（3）

A course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which someone is bound or restricted.

意味（4）

(law) A legal agreement stipulating a specified action or forbearance by a party to the agreement; the document containing such agreement.

The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Diſcharge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extinguiſh the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and conſequently of all the reſt, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Diſcharged as to one, and ſtand as to all the reſt.

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意味（5）

The fact of being obliged to, that is, grateful for, something.

I am indebted to several friends for notes, observations, and correspondence on this subject, more especially to one, referred to as Z., and to another as Q., who have obtained a considerable number of reliable histories for me, and have also supplied many valuable notes …. Other obligations are mentioned in the text.

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obligations （ plural ）