guts

勇気、度胸

難しいことや怖いこと、周囲に嫌がられることをする勇気。

やさしい英語で： The courage to do something difficult, frightening, or unpopular.

• You have guts.
• It took guts to speak up.
• Did he have the guts to tell her?

使い方： have the guts to do something (She had the guts to challenge the boss.); it takes guts to do something (It takes guts to admit you were wrong.)

類義語： courage, nerve, bravery

反対語： cowardice

よく使う表現： have guts, take guts, guts to do something

内臓、はらわた

腹の中にある器官。特に腸を指す。

やさしい英語で： The organs inside the belly, especially the intestines.

• He removed the fish's guts.
• The wound exposed the animal's guts.
• She cleaned the guts from the kitchen sink.

類義語： entrails, innards

よく使う表現： fish guts, spill someone’s guts, remove the guts

内部構造、中核

物の内部にある主要な部分や、それを動かす仕組みの細部。

やさしい英語で： The main parts inside something, or the details that make it work.

• He understands the guts of the business.
• Removing the cover exposed the computer's guts.
• We need to examine the guts of this system.

使い方： the guts of something (The technician showed me the guts of the machine.)

類義語： inner workings, core

よく使う表現： guts of something, computer guts, machine’s guts

腸

胃を出た食べ物が通る、体内の長い管状の器官。

やさしい英語で： The long tubes inside bodies that food passes through after leaving the stomach.

• These bacteria live in animals' guts.
• The fish guts were removed before cooking.
• Healthy guts help animals digest food.

類義語： intestines, bowels

よく使う表現： healthy guts, animal guts, fish guts

本心、胸の内

人には見せない、最も内面的な考えや気持ち。

やさしい英語で： Your most private thoughts and feelings.

• I spilled my guts to her.
• He poured his guts into a long letter.
• After years of silence, she finally spilled her guts.

使い方： spill your guts to someone (She spilled her guts to her closest friend.)

類義語： innermost feelings

よく使う表現： spill your guts, pour your guts

踏ん張る、耐え抜く

勇気と強い意志を持ち、困難な状況でもやり続ける。

やさしい英語で： To keep going through something difficult by showing courage and determination.

• She decided to guts it out.
• He gutsed out a narrow victory.
• They were gutsing it out through the final minutes.

使い方： guts something out (She gutsed the final mile out despite her sore ankle.); guts it out (He had to guts it out until help arrived.)

類義語： persevere, tough it out

反対語： quit

よく使う表現： guts it out, guts out something