cleavage

胸の谷間

女性の左右の胸の間のくぼみ。特に服の上から見える部分。

やさしい英語で： The space between a woman’s breasts, especially when visible above the top of her clothes.

• The dress showed her cleavage.
• She adjusted her shirt to cover her cleavage.
• The necklace rested just above her cleavage.

よく使う表現： show cleavage, low cleavage, visible cleavage

分裂、裂け目

体の部分や人々の集団など、二つの部分の間にある分裂やすき間。

やさしい英語で： A split or gap between two parts, including parts of a body or groups of people.

• A cleavage divided the group.
• The vote exposed a deep cleavage between rich and poor.
• The diagram shows the cleavage between the toes.

使い方： cleavage between A and B (A deep cleavage developed between the two political groups.)

類義語： division, split, separation

よく使う表現： political cleavage, cleavage between groups, deep cleavage