nativity

キリスト降誕

キリスト教で語られる、イエスの誕生。

やさしい英語で： The birth of Jesus, as described in the Christian story.

• The children learned about the nativity.
• Our school performed a nativity play at Christmas.
• The painting shows shepherds witnessing the nativity.

よく使う表現： the nativity, nativity story, nativity play, nativity scene

キリスト降誕の人形飾り

幼子イエスと、その周りの人や動物を小さな人形で表した飾り。

やさしい英語で： A set of small figures showing Jesus as a baby with the people and animals around him.

• We put a nativity on the shelf.
• She bought a wooden nativity at the Christmas market.
• Several figures were missing from the old nativity.

類義語： crib, crèche

よく使う表現： wooden nativity, nativity set, display a nativity