pension

年金

高齢や病気で仕事を辞めた人に定期的に支払われるお金。

やさしい英語で： Money paid regularly to someone who has stopped working because of age or illness.

• My grandfather receives a pension.
• She retired last year with a small pension.
• Will your pension cover your living costs?

類義語： retirement benefit

よく使う表現： state pension, receive a pension, pension scheme, military pension

ペンション

特にヨーロッパで、部屋のほかに食事も出すことが多い小さな宿。

やさしい英語で： A small hotel, especially in Europe, that often provides meals as well as a room.

• We stayed in a small pension.
• The pension served breakfast in the garden.
• They booked a room at a family pension near the lake.

類義語： guesthouse, boarding house

よく使う表現： small pension, family pension, stay in a pension

下宿代、宿泊費

家や小さな宿で、部屋と通常は食事のために払うお金。

やさしい英語で： Money paid for a room and usually meals in a house or small hotel.

• His weekly pension included breakfast.
• She paid the landlady her pension on Monday.
• The pension for lodging and meals used up his wages.

類義語： board, boarding fee

よく使う表現： pay a pension, weekly pension, pension for lodging

年金を与えて退職させる

仕事を辞めさせ、その後は定期的に年金を支給する。

やさしい英語で： To make someone leave their job and give them regular payments afterward.

• They decided to pension him off.
• Several older workers were pensioned off last year.
• The firm pensions employees off when they reach retirement age.

使い方： pension someone off (The company pensioned him off after thirty years.)

類義語： retire

よく使う表現： pension someone off, pension off staff