ghost

幽霊、亡霊

生きている人の前に現れると考えられている、死んだ人の霊。

やさしい英語で： The spirit of a dead person, imagined as appearing to people who are alive.

• I saw a ghost.
• People say ghosts haunt the old castle.
• Do you believe in ghosts?

使い方： the ghost of someone (She claimed to see the ghost of her grandmother.)

類義語： spirit, apparition

よく使う表現： see a ghost, ghost story, ghost of someone

かすかな跡、面影

ごく薄く見える姿や形、またはわずかな気配。

やさしい英語で： A very faint image, shape, or sign of something.

• A ghost of a smile crossed her face.
• The mirror showed a pale ghost of his reflection.
• Only the ghost of the old sign remained.

使い方： a ghost of something (There was a ghost of sadness in her voice.)

類義語： trace, faint image

よく使う表現： a ghost of something, faint ghost

魂、霊

人の体とは別にあると考えられる、精神的な存在。

やさしい英語で： The spirit or soul of a person.

• He believed that his ghost would survive his body.
• The prayer calls on the Holy Ghost.
• The old sailor finally gave up the ghost.

使い方： give up the ghost (The king gave up the ghost before dawn.)

類義語： spirit, soul

よく使う表現： give up the ghost, the Holy Ghost

ゴーストライター

別の人の名前で出版される本や文章を書く人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who writes a book or other text that is published under another person’s name.

• The singer hired a ghost for her memoir.
• His ghost wrote most of the book.
• A skilled ghost can capture another person’s voice.

類義語： ghostwriter

よく使う表現： hire a ghost, ghost for someone

白い、色の薄い

動物名の前につき、その動物が白いか、とても薄い色であることを示す。

やさしい英語で： Used before an animal’s name to show that it is white or very pale.

• The ghost slug has a pale body.
• A ghost crab crossed the sand.
• The guide showed us a photograph of a ghost bat.

よく使う表現： ghost slug, ghost crab, ghost bat

残骸、名残

元の物がなくなった後に残る形や断片。

やさしい英語で： A shape or piece left behind after the original thing has disappeared.

• A ghost apple hung from the branch.
• Ice preserved the ghost of a fruit that had rotted away.
• The hollow ghosts of apples remained after the thaw.

類義語： remnant, remains

よく使う表現： ghost apple, ghost of something