fortune

大金、財産

非常に多額のお金。

やさしい英語で： A very large amount of money.

• That car cost a fortune.
• She made her fortune selling furniture.
• He inherited a small fortune from his uncle.

類義語： wealth, riches

よく使う表現： a small fortune, make a fortune, cost a fortune, inherit a fortune

幸運

偶然、自分に起こるよいこと。

やさしい英語で： Good things that happen to you by chance.

• We wished her good fortune.
• By good fortune, a doctor was nearby.
• They had the good fortune to find cheap tickets.

使い方： have the good fortune to do something (I had the good fortune to meet my favorite writer.)

類義語： luck, good luck

反対語： misfortune

よく使う表現： good fortune, have the fortune, a stroke of fortune

運勢

カードや手相などを見て占われる、その人の将来。

やさしい英語で： What someone says will happen in your future, often by looking at cards or your hand.

• She offered to tell my fortune.
• He read her fortune from a pack of cards.
• Do you believe the fortune she told you?

類義語： prediction

よく使う表現： tell someone’s fortune, read someone’s fortune, someone’s fortune

運命、巡り合わせ

人生で起こる、またはこれから起こること。特に成功や幸せな出来事。

やさしい英語で： The things that happen or will happen in your life, especially successful or happy ones.

• He left home to seek his fortune.
• Their fortunes changed when the factory opened.
• No one knew what fortune awaited them abroad.

類義語： fate, destiny

よく使う表現： seek your fortune, someone’s fortune, change someone’s fortune

運命の女神

人を助けたり害したりする存在として、人の姿で表された運。

やさしい英語で： Luck imagined as a person who can help or harm people.

• Fortune smiled on our little village.
• Fortune favors those who dare to try.
• Cruel fortune had taken everything from him.

よく使う表現： fortune smiles, fortune favors, cruel fortune