illuminate

照らす

場所や物に光を当て、見えるようにする。

やさしい英語で： To shine light on a place or thing so that people can see it.

• A lamp illuminated the doorway.
• The moon illuminates the narrow path.
• Bright screens illuminated their faces in the dark.

類義語： light, light up

反対語： darken

よく使う表現： illuminate a room, illuminate the sky, illuminate something brightly

電飾する、ライトアップする

場所や建物を照明で飾る。

やさしい英語で： To decorate a place or building with lights.

• They illuminate the bridge every winter.
• The town hall was illuminated for the festival.
• Hundreds of tiny bulbs illuminated the garden for the party.

使い方： illuminate something with something (They illuminated the palace with colored lights.)

類義語： light up

よく使う表現： illuminate a building, illuminate something with lights, illuminate the town

悟りを開いた人

精神的な真理を並外れて深く理解しているとされる人。

やさしい英語で： A person believed to have unusually deep spiritual understanding.

• They regarded the teacher as an illuminate.
• The illuminate spoke about spiritual truth.
• His followers described him as a great illuminate.

類義語： enlightened person

よく使う表現： an illuminate, revered illuminate, spiritual illuminate