hermit

隠者、世捨て人

一人で暮らし、人との付き合いを避ける人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who lives alone and avoids spending time with other people.

• He lives like a hermit.
• An old hermit occupied the cabin in the woods.
• Since retiring, she has become something of a hermit.

類義語： recluse

よく使う表現： live like a hermit, old hermit, become a hermit

隠修士、隠者

祈りと信仰の生活のため、人里を離れて一人で暮らす人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who lives alone, away from others, to pray and follow a religious life.

• The hermit spent his days in prayer.
• Several hermits lived in caves above the monastery.
• She became a hermit to devote her life to God.

類義語： eremite, religious recluse

よく使う表現： Christian hermit, religious hermit, hermit monk