likeness

類似、似ていること

二人の人や二つの物の見た目や性質が似ていること。

やさしい英語で： The way two people or things look alike or share similar qualities.

• There is a family likeness.
• His likeness to his grandfather surprised us.
• Did you notice the likeness between their voices?

使い方： likeness to someone/something (Her likeness to her mother is remarkable.); likeness between A and B (There is a strong likeness between the two designs.)

類義語： similarity, resemblance

反対語： difference, dissimilarity

よく使う表現： striking likeness, family likeness, likeness to someone

肖像、似顔絵

人や物の姿を表すために作られた絵や模型。

やさしい英語で： A picture or model made to show what a person or thing looks like.

• The drawing is a good likeness.
• She painted a likeness of her grandmother.
• The museum displays several likenesses of the king.

使い方： likeness of someone/something (The artist made a bronze likeness of the singer.)

類義語： portrait, representation, image

よく使う表現： good likeness, likeness of someone, paint a likeness, faithful likeness

姿、形

人や物の見た目や形。

やさしい英語で： The appearance or shape of someone or something.

• The creature appeared in human likeness.
• The statue was shaped in the likeness of a bird.
• In the story, a god takes the likeness of an old man.

使い方： in the likeness of someone/something (The spirit appeared in the likeness of a child.)

類義語： form, appearance, guise

よく使う表現： in human likeness, in the likeness, take someone’s likeness