asleep

眠っている

眠っている状態。

やさしい英語で： Sleeping rather than awake.

• The baby is asleep.
• I fell asleep during the film.
• Were you still asleep when I called?

使い方： be asleep (The children are asleep.); fall asleep (I fell asleep on the train.)

類義語： sleeping

反対語： awake

よく使う表現： fall asleep, fast asleep, sound asleep

しびれた

体の一部の感覚が鈍くなり、しばしばちくちくする状態。

やさしい英語で： Unable to feel normally, often with an uncomfortable feeling like tiny sharp points in a body part.

• My foot is asleep.
• Her arm fell asleep during the long journey.
• Both legs were asleep when he finally stood up.

使い方： a body part falls asleep (My foot fell asleep after I sat on it.)

類義語： numb

よく使う表現： foot is asleep, arm falls asleep, leg is asleep

不注意な、ぼんやりした

起きていることに注意を向けていない。

やさしい英語で： Not paying attention to what is happening.

• Were you asleep during that discussion?
• The referee seemed asleep and missed the foul.
• Officials were asleep at the wheel as the crisis grew.

使い方： be asleep at the wheel (The managers were asleep at the wheel while costs rose.)

類義語： inattentive, unaware

反対語： alert, attentive

よく使う表現： asleep at work, asleep at wheel