guilt

罪責、罪悪感

悪いことをした責任。または悪いことをしたと感じる心の苦しさ。

やさしい英語で： Responsibility for doing something wrong, or the unhappy feeling that you have done something wrong.

• She felt guilt after telling the lie.
• The evidence proved his guilt.
• He admitted his guilt and asked for forgiveness.

使い方： guilt about something (She felt guilt about leaving her family.); guilt over something (His guilt over the accident kept him awake.)

類義語： culpability, remorse

反対語： innocence

よく使う表現： feel guilt, prove someone's guilt, sense of guilt

罪悪感を抱かせる

相手の行動を責めて罪悪感を抱かせ、思いどおりに動かそうとする。

やさしい英語で： To make someone feel bad about their actions, often to make them do what you want.

• Don't guilt me about taking a break.
• Her parents guilted her into visiting every weekend.
• He tried to guilt us into staying longer.

使い方： guilt someone into doing something (He guilted me into helping him move.); guilt someone about something (She guilted him about missing dinner.)

類義語： guilt-trip

よく使う表現： guilt someone into, guilt someone about