| 主な訳語 |
| follow [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (move behind) (追跡する) | ついて行く 、 後をつける 、 尾行する 他動
HHiraganaついていく 、 あとをつける 、 びこうする |
| | He followed his wife into the house. |
| | 彼は妻に続いて家の中に入った。 |
| follow [sth]⇒ vtr | (proceed along) (～に沿って進む) | たどる 、 進む 、 沿って行く 他動
HHiraganaたどる 、 すすむ 、 そっていく |
| | Follow the road until you reach the post office. |
| | 郵便局に着くまでこの道を進みなさい。 |
| follow [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (leadership, authority) (忠告・良心・命令などに従う) | ～に従う 、 ～の命じるままに従う 、 ～の思うようにする 、 意のままになる 自動
HHiragana～にしたがう 、 ～のめいじるままにしたがう 、 ～のおもうようにする 、 いのままになる |
| | He follows his heart, wherever it takes him. |
| | 彼は自分の心が命じるままに生きている。それが彼を何処へ導こうとも。 |
| follow [sth]⇒ vtr | (obey, do as told) (言う事を聞く) | 従う 、 追従する 、 聞き入れる 自動
HHiraganaしたがう 、 ついしょうする 、 ききいれる |
| | You should follow his advice. |
| | あなたは彼の助言に従うべきだ。 |
| それ以外の訳語 |
| follow⇒ vi | (come next after [sb]) | 後から行く［来る］、ついて行く 動詞句
HHiraganaあとからいく［くる］、ついていく |
| | I'll go first, and you can follow. |
| follow vi | (come next after [sth]) | 次に起こる、結果として生じる 動詞句
HHiraganaつぎにおこる、けっかとしてしょうじる |
| | | 続く 自動
HHiraganaつづく |
| | What follows is an example of how not to proceed. |
| follow [sth]⇒ vtr | (occur as a result) | ～という結果になる 動詞句
HHiragana～というけっかになる |
| | It follows that reducing interest rates increases inflation. |
| follow [sth] vtr | (sequence: come after) (順番) | ～に続く 自動
HHiragana～につづく |
| | In the Cyrillic Alphabet, B follows A. |
| follow [sb]⇒ vtr | (imitate, be like [sb]) | ～にならう 自動
HHiragana～にならう |
| | | ～をまねる 他動
HHiragana～をまねる |
| | She follows her mother in being very talkative. |
| follow [sth]⇒ vtr | (result from [sth]) | ～の結果として起こる 動詞句
HHiragana～のけっかとしておこる |
| | Can any good follow this? |
| follow [sth] vtr | (watch) | ～を目で追う 動詞句
HHiragana～をめでおう |
| | | ～を見守る 他動
HHiragana～をみまもる |
| | They followed her every move. |
| follow [sth] vtr | (keep up with [sth]) (話題など) | ～についていく 自動
HHiragana～についていく |
| | Do you follow politics? |
| follow [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (understand [sth], [sb]) | ～（の言うこと）を理解する 他動
HHiragana～（のいうこと）をりかいする |
| | Do you follow what I'm saying? |
| follow [sth]⇒ vtr | (obey: a route, pattern, etc.) | ～に従う 自動
HHiragana～にしたがう |
| | Alina carefully followed the knitting pattern for the pullover. |
| follow [sb]⇒ vtr | (social media) (SNS) | フォローする 他動
HHiraganaふぉろーする |
| | 80 million people follow this singer on Twitter. |
句動詞
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| follow [sb] around vtr phrasal sep | (trail [sb]) | ～に付きまとう 自動
HHiragana～につきまとう |
| | | ~をストーカーする 他動
HHiragana~をすとーかーする |
| | He followed me around all day. |
| follow on vi phrasal | (be a consequence) (条件と結論を結ぶ) | 必然的だ 形
HHiraganaひつぜんてきだ |
| | It follows on that any rise in taxes must be accompanied by an improvement in services. |
| follow on from [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (be the next step) | 後に続く、続いて起こる 自動
HHiraganaあとにつづく、つづいておこる |
| | This action follows on from the decision taken last month. |
| follow on vi phrasal | (walk behind [sb]) | ～の後に続いて歩く 動詞句
HHiragana～のあとにつづいてあるく |
| | | ～の後ろを歩く 動詞句
HHiragana～のうしろをあるく |
| follow through vi phrasal | (continue [sth] to completion) (規則など) | 最後まで従う 自動
HHiraganaさいごまでしたがう |
| 注釈: A hyphen is used when the term is a noun |
| | He's very good at starting things but never seems to manage to follow through. |
| follow through with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (continue [sth] to completion) (計画など) | なしとげる 他動
HHiraganaなしとげる |
| | (形式的) | 完遂する 他動
HHiraganaかんすいする |
| | Sam is always making plans but she never follows through with any of them. |
| follow [sth] through vtr phrasal sep | (continue [sth] to completion) (計画など) | なしとげる 他動
HHiraganaなしとげる |
| | (形式的) | 完遂する 他動
HHiraganaかんすいする |
| | A good manager ensures that their team is able to follow a project through. |
| follow up vi phrasal | (take next step) | から 助
HHiraganaから |
| | | つづけて 副
HHiraganaつづけて |
| | The young gymnast performed a dive roll, and did a cartwheel to follow up. |
成句・複合語：
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follow in [sb]'s footsteps,
follow in the footsteps of [sb] v expr | figurative (do as [sb] else has done) | 〜の跡を継ぐ、〜と同じ道を歩む、〜の衣鉢を継ぐ 動詞句
HHiragana〜のあとをつぐ、〜とおなじみちをあゆむ、〜のいはつをつぐ |
follow in [sb]'s footsteps,
follow in the footsteps of [sb] v expr | figurative (take the same career path as [sb] else) | （両親の）跡を継ぐ、同じ道を歩む 動詞句
HHiragana（りょうしんの）あとをつぐ、おなじみちをあゆむ |
| | He wanted to follow in his brother's footsteps and become a football player. She followed in her mother's footsteps and became an artist. |
| follow-on adj | (occurring next) (名詞の前につけて) | 次に起こる 動詞句
HHiraganaつぎにおこる |
| follow-on n | (thing that comes next) | 続編、後日譚 名
HHiraganaぞくへん、ごじつたん |
| follow-on n | (cricket) (クリケット) | フォロー・オン 名
HHiraganaふぉろー・おん |
follow on the heels of [sb],
follow on [sb]'s heels v expr | figurative (do the same as [sb]) | ～にすぐ後を付いて行く
HHiragana～にすぐあとをついていく |
| | The young singer wanted to follow on the heels of his famous father. |
| follow on the heels of vtr | (come immediately after) | ～のすぐ後に起こる、～に続いて起こる
HHiragana～のすぐあとにおこる、～につづいておこる |
| | They were afraid a large tidal wave would follow on the heels of the earthquake. |
| follow one another v expr | (come one after the other) | 次々と続く
HHiraganaつぎつぎとつづく |
| | The goals quickly followed one another in the second half of the game. |
| follow [sb]'s example⇒ vi | (do the same as [sb] else) | 例に倣う、模倣する 自動
HHiraganaれいにならう、もほうする |
| | I'm going to follow Maria's example and spend more time working with the community. |
| follow [sb]'s lead v expr | (do the same as [sb] else) | ～の後に続く 動詞句
HHiragana～のあとにつづく |
| | | 見習う 他動
HHiraganaみならう |
| | The leader of the exercise class wanted us to follow her lead. |
| follow suit vi | (do the same, copy: [sb] else) | 先例に従う、同じことをする 自動
HHiraganaせんれいにしたがう、おなじことをする |
| | He was such a copycat; if his brother did something he would always follow suit. |
| follow the crowd v expr | (copy what others are doing) | 多勢［多数派］に従う、大勢に合わせる 動詞句
HHiraganaたぜい［たすうは］にしたがう、たいせいにあわせる |
| | She was truly unique, always refusing to follow the crowd. |
| follow the rules v expr | (obey instructions) | 指示を守る
HHiraganaしじをまもる |
| | Most things work more smoothly when we all follow the rules. |
| | He was a maverick who thought he didn't have to follow the rules. |
| follow through vi | (sports: continue motion after releasing ball, swinging bat) (野球など) | フォロースルーする 自動
HHiraganaふぉろーするーする |
| 注釈: 打球後バットを十分に振り切ること |
| | She had difficulty learning how to follow through in a complete arc with the bat after hitting the baseball. |
| follow-through n | (sport: continuation of motion) (スポーツ) | フォロースルー 名
HHiraganaふぉろーするー |
| | You need to have a good follow-through to be a good golfer. |
| follow-through n | (continuing action) (計画など) | 遂行、完遂 名
HHiraganaすいこう、かんすい |
| | The project manager keeps a close eye on her team to ensure follow-through. |
follow [sth] up by doing [sth],
follow up [sth] by doing [sth] v expr | (make further communication) | ～のフォローアップをする 動詞句
HHiragana～のふぉろーあっぷをする |
| | (話などを) | フォローする 他動
HHiraganaふぉろーする |
| | (ニュース・新聞などが) | 続報を伝える 動詞句
HHiraganaぞくほうをつたえる |
| | John followed up his interview by sending a thank-you note. |
follow [sth] up with [sth],
follow up [sth] with [sth] v expr | (make further communication) | ～で～を補足する 他動
HHiragana～で～をほそくする |
| | The lawyer followed her argument up with evidence. |
| follow-up n | (further communication) (追加連絡) | フォローアップ 、 事後対処 名
HHiraganaふぉろーあっぷ 、 じごたいしょ |
| | | 補修指導 名
HHiraganaほしゅうしどう |
| | Ryan received a follow-up from the salesman. |
| follow-up n | (news item: further information) (ニュース・記事など) | 続報 名
HHiraganaぞくほう |
| | The newspaper printed a follow-up to the previous day's story. |
| follow-up n | (doctor's visit) | 経過観察 名
HHiraganaけいかかんさつ |
| | (手術の後で) | 術後の診察 名
HHiraganaじゅつごのしんさつ |
| | Ron had to go to the doctor for a follow-up. |
| follow-up adj | (visit, call: further) (手紙・訪問・連絡など) | フォローアップの、再度の、事後の 連体句
HHiraganaふぉろーあっぷの、さいどの、じごの |
| | Tom sent a follow-up message to Jim. |
| follow-up n | (product: successor) | 後継製品、後継品 名
HHiraganaこうけいせいひん、こうけいひん |
| follow-up inspection n | (examination to review [sth]) | 追跡調査 名
HHiraganaついせきちょうさ |
| | Before the closing on the house we need to do the final follow-up inspection. |
| follow-up investigation n | (supplementary police enquiry) | 追跡調査 名
HHiraganaついせきちょうさ |
| follow-up materials npl | (resources: supplement learning) | 追加教材 名
HHiraganaついかきょうざい |
| follow-up question n | (additional enquiry) | 追加質問 名
HHiraganaついかしつもん |