romance

恋愛、恋愛関係

互いに愛し合う二人の関係。

やさしい英語で： A loving relationship between two people.

• Their romance began at school.
• She had a brief romance with a musician.
• Did their summer romance last?

使い方： romance with someone (His romance with Anna lasted two years.)

類義語： love affair, relationship

よく使う表現： summer romance, romance with someone, brief romance

ロマンス、恋愛感情

人と人の間に生まれる、美しく心ときめく愛の感情。

やさしい英語で： Beautiful, exciting feelings of love between people.

• The evening was full of romance.
• They wanted to bring romance back into their marriage.
• Flowers added a touch of romance to the dinner.

類義語： romantic love

よく使う表現： full of romance, bring back romance, romance in something

恋愛小説、ラブストーリー

人が恋に落ちることを中心に描いた本や映画などの物語。

やさしい英語で： A book, film, or other story mainly about people falling in love.

• She enjoys reading romances.
• We watched a gentle romance last night.
• His latest book is a historical romance.

類義語： love story

よく使う表現： read a romance, romance novel, historical romance

ロマン、魅力

物事を心ときめく、美しい、または神秘的なものに感じさせる魅力。

やさしい英語で： A quality that makes something seem exciting, beautiful, or full of mystery.

• He loved the romance of sea travel.
• The old castle has a certain romance.
• Flying lost its romance when it became routine.

使い方： the romance of something (She was drawn to the romance of distant islands.)

類義語： charm, allure

よく使う表現： romance of something, sense of romance

騎士物語

騎士や勇敢な英雄、その旅を描く昔の冒険物語。

やさしい英語で： An old kind of adventure story about knights, brave heroes, and their journeys.

• The romance tells of a brave knight.
• She studies medieval romances at university.
• A dragon guards the castle in this old romance.

類義語： chivalric tale

よく使う表現： medieval romance, chivalric romance