stomach

胃

飲み込んだ食べ物が入り、消化される体内の器官。

やさしい英語で： The organ inside your body where food goes after you swallow it and begins to be broken down.

• My stomach feels full.
• Take this medicine on an empty stomach.
• Acid in the stomach helps break down food.

よく使う表現： empty stomach, stomach acid, stomach ulcer, upset stomach

お腹、腹部

体の前側で、胸より下にある部分。

やさしい英語で： The front part of your body below your chest.

• He rubbed his stomach.
• She lay on her stomach to read.
• The ball hit me in the stomach.

類義語： belly, abdomen, tummy

よく使う表現： flat stomach, on your stomach, stomach muscles, hit someone's stomach

意欲、気力

難しいことや嫌なことに立ち向かう意欲や気力。

やさしい英語で： The desire or courage to face something difficult or unpleasant.

• I have no stomach for a fight.
• She had little stomach for office politics.
• After years of war, the country lost its stomach for battle.

使い方： have no/little stomach for something (I have no stomach for another argument.)

類義語： appetite, inclination, desire

よく使う表現： no stomach for, stomach for something, little stomach for

耐える、我慢する

嫌なことを、ひどく動揺したり気分が悪くなったりせずに受け入れる。

やさしい英語で： To accept or bear something unpleasant without becoming too upset or physically sick.

• I can't stomach this food.
• He couldn't stomach another evening of their arguments.
• How can you stomach such cruelty?

使い方： cannot stomach something (I cannot stomach his cruel jokes.); cannot stomach doing something (She couldn't stomach watching the operation.)

類義語： stand, bear, tolerate, put up with

よく使う表現： cannot stomach something, stomach the thought, stomach the sight