afterlife

死後の世界、来世

人が死んだ後も続くと、一部の人が信じている命や生活。

やさしい英語で： A life that some people believe continues after a person dies.

• Do you believe in an afterlife?
• Her faith promised a peaceful afterlife.
• Different religions describe the afterlife in different ways.

類義語： life after death

よく使う表現： an eternal afterlife, life and afterlife, believe in the afterlife

あの世、死後の世界

亡くなった人が行って暮らすと、一部の人が信じている場所。

やさしい英語で： The place where some people believe those who have died go to live.

• She hoped to meet him in the afterlife.
• The story follows a soul into the afterlife.
• They left gifts to help the dead reach the afterlife.

類義語： next world, hereafter

よく使う表現： in the afterlife, enter the afterlife, reach the afterlife

後世への影響、死後の名声

その人が亡くなった後も続く、作品や評判の影響。

やさしい英語で： The continuing effect of someone's work or reputation after they die.

• The poet enjoyed a long literary afterlife.
• Her afterlife rests on the schools she founded.
• His reputation had a troubled afterlife as new evidence emerged.

類義語： legacy, posthumous influence

よく使う表現： literary afterlife, posthumous afterlife, afterlife of someone

後半生、その後の人生

重要な出来事や時期が終わった後に続く、その人の人生。

やさしい英語で： The later part of someone's life, after an important event or period has ended.

• Retirement offered him a quiet afterlife.
• She described her years after divorce as a new afterlife.
• His political career ended, but his afterlife as a writer flourished.

類義語： later life

よく使う表現： afterlife of retirement, a peaceful afterlife