piety

信心、敬虔さ

神を深く敬い、宗教の教えや実践を大切にすること。

やさしい英語で： Deep respect for God and commitment to religious belief and practice.

• Her piety was widely admired.
• The monk showed his piety through daily prayer.
• He questioned whether their public piety reflected true faith.

類義語： devotion, devoutness, religiousness

反対語： impiety

よく使う表現： religious piety, personal piety, acts of piety

孝行、敬愛

親や家族、国に対する深い敬意と忠誠。

やさしい英語で： Deep respect and loyalty toward your parents, family, or country.

• Filial piety shaped his choices.
• She cared for her parents out of piety.
• The poem praises loyalty and patriotic piety.

類義語： devotion, reverence

よく使う表現： filial piety, patriotic piety, family piety

道徳的な決まり文句、お題目

道徳的に立派に聞こえるが、深い考えや実行する意思に乏しい言葉。

やさしい英語で： A statement that sounds morally good but offers little real thought or commitment.

• The speech was full of empty pieties.
• She challenged the familiar pieties about hard work.
• We need practical help rather than comforting pieties.

類義語： platitude, truism

よく使う表現： empty piety, conventional piety, political piety

信心深い行い

信心や、尊ばれる道徳的な性質を表す行動、考え、発言。

やさしい英語で： An action, thought, or statement that expresses religious devotion or another admired moral quality.

• Lighting the candle was a small piety.
• Their daily pieties included prayers for strangers.
• He recorded these quiet pieties in his journal.

類義語： devotion, observance

よく使う表現： a small piety, daily piety, traditional piety