stern

厳しい、厳格な

特に人の行動に対して、非常に真剣で厳しい。

やさしい英語で： Very serious and strict, especially when telling people how they must behave.

• Our teacher is stern.
• She gave the children a stern warning.
• His father spoke in a stern voice when he broke the rules.

使い方： stern with someone (The teacher was stern with students who arrived late.)

類義語： strict, severe, firm

反対語： lenient, gentle

よく使う表現： stern teacher, stern warning, stern voice, stern look

険しい、いかめしい

非常に険しく、親しみにくい様子で、人が近づくのをためらうような。

やさしい英語で： Looking very serious or unfriendly, so that people may feel afraid to approach.

• His face looked stern.
• Her stern expression softened when she saw the baby.
• The portrait showed a man with stern features and dark eyes.

類義語： grim, forbidding, severe

反対語： friendly, welcoming

よく使う表現： stern face, stern expression, stern features

船尾

ボートや船の後ろの部分。

やさしい英語で： The back part of a boat or ship.

• She stood at the stern.
• Water splashed over the stern of our boat.
• Both ships had wooden sterns.

使い方： stern of something (A flag flew at the stern of the boat.)

類義語： aft, poop

反対語： bow

よく使う表現： the stern, at the stern, stern of something