elemental

基本的な、根本的な

物事の最も基本的で重要な部分をなすこと。

やさしい英語で： Basic and deeply important, forming the simplest part of something.

• Food is an elemental need.
• The story explores elemental human fears.
• They disagreed over the most elemental principles.

類義語： fundamental, basic

よく使う表現： elemental needs, elemental truth, elemental fear

自然の力の

特に激しい気象など、強大な自然の力に関係すること。

やさしい英語で： Connected with powerful natural forces, especially violent weather.

• The storm showed nature’s elemental power.
• They faced the elemental fury of the sea.
• The shelter protected us from elemental forces.

よく使う表現： elemental forces, elemental fury, elemental power

四元素の

万物のもとと古くから考えられた、土・空気・火・水に関すること。

やさしい英語で： Connected with earth, air, fire, and water as ancient ideas about what everything is made of.

• The four elemental symbols appear on the wall.
• She studied ancient beliefs about elemental powers.
• The game lets players use elemental magic.

よく使う表現： elemental forces, elemental magic, elemental symbols

荒々しい、抑えられない

自然の力のように強烈で突然現れ、予測しにくいこと。

やさしい英語で： Powerful, sudden, and difficult to predict, like a force of nature.

• His anger had an elemental force.
• Her elemental energy filled the room.
• An elemental passion drove their struggle.

類義語： untamed, uncontrollable

よく使う表現： elemental rage, elemental energy, elemental passion

精霊

火・水・空気・土からできている、またはそれらと結びつく架空の存在や精霊。

やさしい英語で： An imaginary creature or spirit made of, or linked to, fire, water, air, or earth.

• A fire elemental guarded the door.
• The wizard summoned an elemental.
• Water elementals rose from the lake.

類義語： element spirit

よく使う表現： fire elemental, water elemental, summon an elemental