belly

お腹、腹

胸の下にある、胃などが収まっている体の前側の部分。

やさしい英語で： The front part of your body below your chest, where your stomach is.

• My belly hurts.
• The baby lay on her belly.
• He rubbed the dog’s belly while it rested beside him.

類義語： tummy, abdomen, stomach

よく使う表現： belly button, on your belly, rub someone’s belly, beer belly

子宮、胎内

女性や雌の体内で、赤ちゃんが生まれる前に育つ器官。

やさしい英語で： The part inside a female’s body where a baby grows before birth.

• The child grew in her belly.
• She carried new life within her belly.
• He spoke of the months spent in his mother’s belly.

類義語： womb, uterus

よく使う表現： mother’s belly, within her belly

膨らむ

風に押されるなどして、外側へ膨らんだり湾曲したりすること。

やさしい英語で： To swell or curve outward, often because wind pushes against something.

• The sail began to belly.
• Strong winds bellied the canvas outward.
• The curtains were bellying out through the open window.

使い方： belly out (The curtain bellied out in the breeze.)

類義語： bulge, swell, billow

よく使う表現： belly out, belly in wind