pastoral

司牧の

宗教指導者が信者を支え、導くことに関する。

やさしい英語で： Related to a religious leader’s care and support for members of their community.

• The priest provides pastoral care.
• Her pastoral duties include visiting sick members.
• The bishop discussed pastoral support for grieving families.

類義語： cleric, clerical, black-collar, cleric

よく使う表現： pastoral care, pastoral duties, pastoral visits

田園的な

特に文学や美術で、穏やかな田舎の暮らしを描く。

やさしい英語で： Showing peaceful country life, especially in writing or art.

• The painting shows a pastoral scene.
• She writes pastoral poetry about village life.
• Green fields give the valley a pastoral charm.

類義語： bucolic, rural

よく使う表現： pastoral scene, pastoral poetry, pastoral landscape

牧畜の

羊や牛などを群れで飼い、移動させることに関する。

やさしい英語で： Related to people who keep and move groups of sheep, cattle, or other farm animals.

• The region depends on pastoral farming.
• Pastoral communities move their animals to fresh grass.
• Drought threatens the traditional pastoral economy.

類義語： shepherdish, shepherdly

よく使う表現： pastoral farming, pastoral communities, pastoral economy

司牧書簡

宗教指導者が、自分の受け持つ信者に宛てた手紙。

やさしい英語で： A letter from a religious leader to the people in their care.

• The bishop issued a pastoral.
• His pastoral asked the diocese to support local families.
• The priest read the pastoral to the congregation.

類義語： pastoral letter

よく使う表現： issue a pastoral, a bishop’s pastoral, read a pastoral

牧歌

穏やかな田舎の暮らしを描く詩。羊飼いが語り手になることが多い。

やさしい英語で： A poem about peaceful country life, often with people who look after sheep as its speakers.

• She wrote a short pastoral.
• The pastoral describes shepherds resting beside a stream.
• We studied several pastorals in our poetry class.

類義語： eclogue, idyll

よく使う表現： write a pastoral, a short pastoral, a classical pastoral

牧歌曲

柔らかく素朴な音で、穏やかな田舎の暮らしを思わせる楽曲。

やさしい英語で： A piece of music suggesting peaceful country life through gentle, simple sounds.

• The orchestra played a pastoral.
• He composed a gentle pastoral for flute.
• The concert ended with a pastoral suggesting a quiet summer evening.

類義語： pastorale

よく使う表現： a gentle pastoral, compose a pastoral, perform a pastoral

司教団の司牧書簡

教会の司教団が、すべての地域の教会で読まれるように書いた手紙。

やさしい英語で： A letter from a church’s group of bishops, intended to be read in every local church.

• The bishops issued a pastoral.
• The pastoral was read in every parish on Sunday.
• Their joint pastoral called on congregations to help refugees.

よく使う表現： a joint pastoral, read the pastoral, issue a pastoral