boon

恩恵、恵み

大いに役立ったり、生活をよくしたりするもの。

やさしい英語で： Something that is very helpful or makes life better.

• The extra money was a real boon.
• Online shopping has been a boon to many busy parents.
• Would cheaper transport be a boon for local businesses?

使い方： a boon to someone/something (The new bus route is a boon to local residents.); a boon for someone/something (The rain was a boon for farmers.)

類義語： benefit, blessing, advantage

反対語： curse

よく使う表現： a great boon, boon to someone, boon for something

恩恵、賜物

人が願い求めたり、与えられたりする贈り物や厚意。

やさしい英語で： A gift or favour that someone asks for or receives.

• The king granted her a boon.
• He asked one final boon before leaving.
• The knight received this boon as a reward for his service.

類義語： favour, gift, benefaction

よく使う表現： grant a boon, ask a boon, boon from someone

神の恩恵、加護

厳しい宗教生活を送る人に、神が授ける特別な恵みや力。

やさしい英語で： A special blessing or power given by a god to someone who lives a strict religious life.

• The goddess granted the ascetic a boon.
• He received a boon after years of meditation.
• The story describes a divine boon that made its recipient impossible to defeat.

類義語： blessing, divine gift

反対語： curse

よく使う表現： divine boon, grant a boon, boon of immortality

亜麻の木質くず

亜麻から使える繊維を取り出す際に除かれる、硬い木質の部分。

やさしい英語で： The hard, woody parts removed from flax plants when their useful threads are separated.

• The workers separated the boon from the flax fibres.
• Boon collected beneath the processing machine.
• The report suggests using flax boon as fuel.

類義語： shives

よく使う表現： flax boon, remove the boon, boon waste

陽気な、愉快な

特に人と一緒に楽しんでいるとき、明るく親しみやすい。

やさしい英語で： Cheerful and friendly, especially when enjoying other people’s company.

• He was my boon companion during those years.
• Her boon companions gathered for a feast.
• The two boon friends spent the evening singing.

類義語： jolly, merry, jovial, convivial

反対語： gloomy

よく使う表現： boon companion, boon companions, boon friends