solitary

一人の、孤独な

他の人と一緒にいない、または一人で過ごしたり何かをしたりすること。

やさしい英語で： Alone, or spending time or doing something without other people.

• He enjoys solitary walks.
• She led a solitary life in the countryside.
• The fisherman remained solitary for most of the year.

類義語： alone, unaccompanied

よく使う表現： solitary life, solitary walk, solitary journey, solitary figure

人里離れた、人けのない

人の住む所から遠く、めったに人が訪れないこと。

やさしい英語で： Far from other people and rarely visited.

• They found a solitary beach.
• The house stood in a solitary valley.
• We rested in a solitary spot deep in the woods.

類義語： secluded, remote, isolated

よく使う表現： solitary place, solitary cottage, solitary valley

独房監禁

他の囚人から離して、一人で牢の中に閉じ込めること。

やさしい英語で： Being kept alone in a prison cell, away from other prisoners.

• They put him in solitary.
• She spent ten days in solitary.
• The prisoner was released from solitary yesterday.

類義語： solitary confinement, isolation

よく使う表現： in solitary, put in solitary, weeks in solitary

隠者

一人で暮らし、他人とほとんど付き合わない人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who lives alone and spends little time with other people.

• He lived as a solitary.
• The solitary welcomed few visitors to his hut.
• Several solitaries settled in caves near the monastery.

類義語： hermit, recluse

よく使う表現： live as a solitary, religious solitary, a solitary lives