closet

クローゼット、押し入れ

服や家の物をしまう戸棚や小さな部屋。

やさしい英語で： A cupboard or small room where you keep clothes or other household things.

• My coats are in the closet.
• She cleaned out her bedroom closet.
• Does the apartment have enough closet space?

類義語： cupboard, wardrobe

よく使う表現： bedroom closet, closet door, closet space

秘密、隠している状態

個人的なこと、特に同性愛者であることを周囲に隠している状態。

やさしい英語で： A state of hiding something personal, especially being gay, from other people.

• He is still in the closet.
• She finally came out of the closet last year.
• Every family has a skeleton in the closet.

使い方： in the closet (He stayed in the closet because he feared rejection.); come out of the closet (She came out of the closet to her family.)

類義語： secrecy, hiding

よく使う表現： in the closet, out of closet, closet of secrets

隠れた、ひそかな

関心や信念、自分のあり方を他人に知られないようにしている。

やさしい英語で： Having an interest, belief, or personal identity that you keep hidden from others.

• He is a closet romantic.
• My sister is a closet fan of that band.
• Some closet supporters quietly donated money.

類義語： secret, hidden

反対語： open

よく使う表現： closet romantic, closet fan, closet gay

こもる

人と内密に話すため、一緒に部屋などにこもる。

やさしい英語で： To shut yourself away with someone to discuss something privately.

• They closeted themselves for a private discussion.
• The minister was closeted with her advisers.
• He closeted himself in his office to negotiate the deal.

使い方： closet yourself with someone (She closeted herself with her advisers.); be closeted with someone (The director was closeted with the lawyers all morning.)

類義語： shut away

よく使う表現： closet yourself away, closet yourself with someone