mourning

悲嘆、哀悼

人の死や大切なものの喪失の後に感じたり表したりする、深い悲しみ。

やさしい英語で： Deep sadness felt or shown after someone dies or something important is lost.

• The news brought widespread mourning.
• His mourning for his wife affected every part of his life.
• They shared their mourning after losing their home.

使い方： mourning for someone/something (Her mourning for her father continued for months.)

類義語： grief, sorrow, grieving

反対語： joy

よく使う表現： deep mourning, mourning for someone, public mourning

喪、服喪期間

人の死後、敬意と悲しみを示す習慣に従って過ごす期間。

やさしい英語で： A period after someone's death when people follow customs that show respect and sadness.

• The family is in mourning.
• The government declared three days of national mourning.
• During the period of mourning, all celebrations were canceled.

使い方： in mourning for someone (The family is in mourning for their grandmother.)

類義語： bereavement period

よく使う表現： in mourning, national mourning, period of mourning

嘆き、悲しみ

何かについて深く悲しんだり、悔やんだり、その気持ちを表したりすること。

やさしい英語で： Feeling or showing deep sadness or regret about something.

• Her mourning over lost opportunities never ended.
• His poems are filled with mourning for his vanished youth.
• Their mourning over the defeat slowly gave way to hope.

使い方： mourning over something (His mourning over wasted opportunities lasted for years.)

類義語： lamentation, sorrow, grieving

反対語： rejoicing

よく使う表現： mourning over something, bitter mourning, endless mourning

喪服

人の死を悲しむ気持ちを示すため、伝統的に着る、普通は黒い服。

やさしい英語で： Clothes, usually black, traditionally worn to show sadness after someone's death.

• The widow wore black mourning.
• She put aside her mourning a year after his death.
• Her mourning included a long dress and a dark veil.

類義語： mourning clothes, mourning dress

よく使う表現： wear mourning, black mourning, deep mourning