content

満足した、満ち足りた

持っているものや今の状況に満足し、それ以上を求めない。

やさしい英語で： Happy with what you have or with your situation, without wanting more.

• I am content with my life.
• They were content to stay at home.
• Would you be content with a smaller house?

使い方： be content with something (She is content with her small apartment.); be content to do something (He was content to wait outside.)

類義語： satisfied, happy

反対語： dissatisfied, discontented

よく使う表現： content with something, content to stay, perfectly content

内容

本や話、動画などで伝えられる考え、事実、メッセージ。

やさしい英語で： The ideas, facts, or messages in a book, speech, video, or other work.

• The content of the book surprised me.
• We discussed the speech’s content after the meeting.
• This article has useful content but needs clearer headings.

類義語： subject matter, substance

よく使う表現： content of something, educational content, written content

中身、内容物

袋や箱、本などの中にあるもの。英語では普通「contents」という。

やさしい英語で： The things inside a bag, box, book, or other container, usually called its contents.

• The box’s contents were wet.
• She emptied the contents of her bag onto the table.
• Check the contents before you throw the envelope away.

類義語： contents

よく使う表現： content of something, examine the content

コンテンツ

人に読んだり見たり聞いたりしてもらうために作られた文章や画像、動画など。

やさしい英語で： Writing, pictures, videos, or other creative material made for people to read, watch, or listen to.

• She creates content for children.
• We upload new content every Friday.
• Which website has the best free content?

類義語： material

よく使う表現： create content, online content, video content

含有量、含有率

何かに含まれている特定の物質の量や割合。

やさしい英語で： The amount of a particular substance in something.

• This milk has a low fat content.
• Check the sugar content before buying the juice.
• The soil’s water content fell during the summer.

類義語： amount, proportion

よく使う表現： fat content, sugar content, high alcohol content

満足、満足感

十分だと感じること。特に、何かを好きなだけしたときの満ち足りた気持ち。

やさしい英語で： A feeling of having enough or being satisfied, especially when doing something as much as you want.

• You can read to your heart’s content.
• We ate and drank to our hearts’ content.
• There was a quiet sense of content in her voice.

使い方： to someone’s heart’s content (The children played to their hearts’ content.)

類義語： contentment, satisfaction

反対語： discontent

よく使う表現： heart’s content, to your heart’s content

甘んじる、満足する

もっと多くや別のものを望んでいても、手に入るものでよしとすること。

やさしい英語で： To accept what is available, although you would like something more or different.

• Content yourself with what you have.
• She contented herself with a sandwich.
• We had to content ourselves with hearing the result by phone.

使い方： content oneself with something (We had to content ourselves with a short visit.); content oneself with doing something (He contented himself with watching from outside.)

類義語： settle for, make do with

よく使う表現： content yourself, content yourself with something

満足させる

人をうれしい気持ちや満ち足りた気持ちにすること。

やさしい英語で： To make someone feel happy or satisfied.

• Nothing seemed to content him.
• A warm meal contented the tired travellers.
• Would a simple answer content you?

類義語： satisfy, please

反対語： dissatisfy

よく使う表現： content someone, content the mind, content a child