stranger

知らない人、見知らぬ人

会ったことがない人や、面識のない人。

やさしい英語で： A person you have never met or do not know.

• A stranger helped me find the station.
• Do not give strangers your home address.
• Why was that stranger waiting outside our door?

よく使う表現： complete stranger, talk to a stranger

よそ者、新参者

別の場所から来て、その土地や集団の一員ではない人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who comes from elsewhere and does not belong to a place or group.

• He was a stranger in our village.
• The small community welcomed strangers warmly.
• After years abroad, she felt like a stranger in her own country.

使い方： a stranger to somewhere (She was a stranger to the village and its customs.)

類義語： outsider, newcomer, foreigner

反対語： local

よく使う表現： stranger in town, stranger to something

ご無沙汰の人

知っているが、しばらく会っていない人への親しみを込めた呼び方。

やさしい英語で： A friendly name for someone you know but have not seen for a while.

• Hello, stranger! Come and sit with us.
• Hey, stranger, where have you been?
• Welcome back, stranger! We have missed you.

よく使う表現： hello stranger, hey stranger

第三者

契約、行為、財産について法的な権利や関与を持たない人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who has no legal right or involvement in an agreement, action, or property.

• A stranger to the contract cannot enforce it.
• The court rejected the claim of a stranger with no title.
• These strangers had no legal interest in the property.

使い方： a stranger to something (The buyer was a stranger to the original agreement.)

類義語： third party, outsider

よく使う表現： stranger to proceedings, stranger to something

より奇妙な、もっと変な

ほかのものより普通と違っていたり、理解しにくかったりする。

やさしい英語で： More unusual or harder to understand than something else.

• That noise is stranger than the last one.
• Her dreams became stranger after the move.
• Have you ever heard a stranger story?

使い方： stranger than someone/something (His explanation was stranger than the original story.)

類義語： more unusual, odder

反対語： more ordinary

よく使う表現： even stranger, stranger than something