vanity

虚栄心、うぬぼれ

自分の見た目、能力、成果、持ち物を過度に誇る気持ち。

やさしい英語で： Too much pride in your looks, abilities, achievements, or possessions.

• His vanity annoyed his friends.
• She bought the expensive watch out of vanity.
• The criticism wounded his vanity.

類義語： conceit, self-admiration

反対語： modesty, humility

よく使う表現： personal vanity, hurt someone’s vanity, sheer vanity, wounded vanity

洗面化粧台

下に収納用の戸棚が付いた洗面台。

やさしい英語で： A bathroom sink with a cupboard underneath it.

• We need a new bathroom vanity.
• The vanity has two cupboards underneath.
• They installed a double vanity beside the shower.

類義語： vanity unit

よく使う表現： bathroom vanity, double vanity, vanity unit

空しさ

物事に本当の価値や目的がないこと。

やさしい英語で： The lack of any real value or purpose in something.

• He saw only vanity in the pursuit of wealth.
• The poem explores the vanity of human ambition.
• She reflected on the vanity of their endless arguments.

類義語： futility, pointlessness

よく使う表現： vanity of something, worldly vanity