angst

苦悩、心の痛み

強い心の痛みや悲しみ、内面の葛藤。

やさしい英語で： Strong emotional pain, sadness, or inner conflict.

• His songs are full of teenage angst.
• She poured her angst into a private diary.
• The film captures the angst of a painful breakup.

類義語： anguish, distress, torment

よく使う表現： teenage angst, full of angst, emotional angst

不安、実存的不安

はっきりした原因がなく、人生や将来などについて感じる深い不安。

やさしい英語で： A deep, uneasy worry, often about life or the future, without a clear cause.

• She felt a vague sense of angst.
• The novel explores existential angst and the fear of death.
• Their conversations revealed growing angst about an uncertain future.

使い方： angst about something (His essay explores angst about the meaning of life.)

類義語： anxiety, unease, apprehension

反対語： peace

よく使う表現： existential angst, modern angst, angst about life

アングスト、苦悩系フィクション

登場人物の心の痛みや、難しい人間関係を中心に描く物語。

やさしい英語で： Stories centered on characters’ emotional pain and difficult relationships.

• She likes reading angst about lonely characters.
• The author writes angst with hopeful endings.
• Do you prefer comedy or angst in fanfiction?

よく使う表現： write angst, read angst, romance and angst

思い悩む、心配する

何かについて深く心配したり、つらい気持ちで考え続けたりする。

やさしい英語で： To worry deeply or spend time feeling upset about something.

• He angsted about his future.
• I spent all evening angsting over the interview.
• Why angst over what strangers think?

使い方： angst about/over something (Stop angsting over a decision you cannot change.)

類義語： worry, fret

反対語： relax

よく使う表現： angst about something, angst over something