ligament

靱帯

体内で骨と骨をつなぐ丈夫な帯状の組織。

やさしい英語で： A strong band inside your body that joins one bone to another.

• She tore a ligament in her knee.
• These ligaments help keep the joint stable.
• The surgeon repaired the damaged ligament.

よく使う表現： torn ligament, knee ligament, ligament injury

絆、結びつき

人や物を結びつけ、一つにまとまった状態を保つもの。

やさしい英語で： Something that joins people or things together and keeps them united.

• Trust was the ligament of their friendship.
• The writer describes justice as a social ligament.
• These shared customs formed ligaments between scattered communities.

使い方： ligament of something (Shared memory became a ligament of the community.)

類義語： bond, tie, link

よく使う表現： social ligament, ligament of society, ligament of trust