marshmallow

マシュマロ

そのまま食べたり飲み物に入れたりする、白いことが多いふわふわのお菓子。

やさしい英語で： A soft, light sweet, often white, that people eat alone or add to drinks.

• Would you like a marshmallow?
• We toasted marshmallows over the fire.
• She put a marshmallow in my hot chocolate.

よく使う表現： toasted marshmallow, marshmallow cream, roast a marshmallow

お人好し

とても優しく親切で、人に厳しくするのが苦手な人。

やさしい英語で： A very gentle, kind person who finds it hard to be strict.

• Dad is a marshmallow at heart.
• He looks tough, but he is really a marshmallow.
• Those strict teachers become marshmallows around their grandchildren.

類義語： softie

よく使う表現： total marshmallow, big marshmallow, really a marshmallow

ウスベニタチアオイ

湿った土地に育ち、淡い色の花をつけ、根が薬に使われる植物。

やさしい英語で： A plant with pale flowers that grows in wet ground and has roots used in medicine.

• Marshmallow grows in wet soil.
• The gardener planted marshmallow beside the pond.
• Dried marshmallow roots were stored in glass jars.

類義語： marsh mallow

よく使う表現： marshmallow root, marshmallow plant, marshmallow flowers