dear

愛しい、かわいい

とても愛されている、またはかわいく思われている。

やさしい英語で： Loved or liked very much.

• She is a dear friend.
• We visited our dear grandmother yesterday.
• What a dear little baby!

類義語： beloved, much-loved

よく使う表現： dear friend, dear mother, dear little child

大切な

愛情や思い入れがあるため、その人にとってとても大切な。

やさしい英語で： Very important to someone because they love or care about it.

• This place is dear to me.
• He keeps everything he holds dear in that box.
• Their family traditions remained dear to them.

使い方： dear to someone (These old photographs are dear to my mother.); hold someone/something dear (She holds her childhood friends dear.)

類義語： precious, cherished, treasured

よく使う表現： dear to someone, dear to me, hold something dear

高い

買うのに多くのお金がかかる。

やさしい英語で： Costing a lot of money.

• These apples are rather dear.
• The hotel was too dear for us.
• Is meat getting dearer here?

使い方： dear for something (The room is rather dear for a single night.)

類義語： expensive, costly

反対語： cheap

よく使う表現： too dear, rather dear, dear for something

愛情のこもった、優しい

温かい愛情や優しさを示す。

やさしい英語で： Showing warm love or affection.

• She greeted him with a dear embrace.
• He remembered the dear affection in her voice.
• The poem speaks of a mother’s dear tenderness.

類義語： affectionate, loving, tender

反対語： cold

よく使う表現： dear embrace, dear affection, dear tenderness

あなた

愛する人や優しく接したい人への親しみを込めた呼びかけ。

やさしい英語で： A word used when speaking to someone you love or want to treat kindly.

• Come here, dear.
• Would you like some tea, my dear?
• Thank you, dear, for helping me.

類義語： darling, sweetheart, love

よく使う表現： hello dear, my dear, thank you dear

親切な人

とても親切で、人を助けてくれる人。

やさしい英語で： A person who is very kind and helpful.

• You are such a dear.
• The nurse was a dear and brought me tea.
• Be a dear and open the window.

類義語： sweetheart, angel

よく使う表現： a dear, such a dear, be a dear

あら、やれやれ

心配、驚き、悲しみ、不満を表す言葉。

やさしい英語で： Used to show that you are worried, surprised, sad, or unhappy about something.

• Oh dear, I forgot my keys.
• Dear me, that sounds painful!
• Dear, dear! What a terrible mess.

類義語： oh no, goodness

よく使う表現： oh dear, dear me, dear dear