yoke

束縛、圧政

人々の自由を奪う、残酷または不当な支配。

やさしい英語で： Cruel or unfair control that limits people’s freedom.

• They lived under the yoke of a cruel ruler.
• The country finally threw off the yoke of foreign rule.
• She dreamed of escaping the yoke of slavery.

使い方： the yoke of something (They struggled under the yoke of foreign rule.)

類義語： oppression, subjugation

反対語： freedom

よく使う表現： under the yoke, yoke of slavery, yoke of debt, escape the yoke

くびき

二頭の家畜の首に渡し、一緒に車や農具を引かせる木の枠。

やさしい英語で： A wooden frame placed across two animals’ necks so they can pull a cart or farm tool together.

• The oxen wore a wooden yoke.
• He lifted the yoke onto the animals’ necks.
• Old yokes hang on the wall of the farm museum.

よく使う表現： wooden yoke, ox yoke

ヨーク

肩や腰の部分に付け、下の布を支えるように形を整えた服の切り替え部分。

やさしい英語で： A shaped piece of clothing across the shoulders or hips that supports the material below it.

• The dress has a lace yoke.
• She sewed the sleeves to the yoke.
• This skirt hangs from a fitted yoke around the hips.

よく使う表現： lace yoke, shirt yoke

絆、結びつき

特に結婚などの親密な関係や、人々を結びつける義務。

やさしい英語で： A close connection, especially marriage, or a duty that joins people together.

• They accepted the yoke of marriage together.
• Friendship became a yoke binding the two families.
• Both partners carried the same yoke of responsibility.

使い方： the yoke of something (The poem describes the yoke of marriage as a shared duty.)

類義語： bond, tie

よく使う表現： yoke of marriage, shared yoke

ヨーク、連結金具

機械を横切るように取り付け、ほかの部品をつなぐ部分。

やさしい英語で： A part across a machine that joins or holds other parts together.

• The metal yoke holds the two parts together.
• A cracked yoke caused the shaft to come loose.
• The engineer replaced the yoke in the steering assembly.

類義語： crosspiece

よく使う表現： steering yoke, metal yoke

くびきをかける

家畜の首に枠をかけ、つないで一緒に物を引かせる。

やさしい英語で： To put a frame across animals’ necks to join them together for pulling something.

• The farmer yoked the oxen together.
• They yoke the animals before sunrise.
• Two oxen were yoked to the wooden cart.

使い方： yoke something to something (They yoked the oxen to the cart.)

類義語： harness

反対語： unyoke, unharness

よく使う表現： yoke the oxen, yoke animals together

結びつける、つなぐ

人や物を密接につなぐ。本人たちが望まない場合もある。

やさしい英語で： To connect people or things closely, sometimes in a way they do not want.

• The project yokes art and science together.
• Their futures were yoked by the agreement.
• Why yoke two unrelated ideas together?

使い方： yoke A to B (The agreement yoked the smaller company to a larger one.); yoke A and B together (The plan yokes housing and transport together.)

類義語： link, join, unite, couple

反対語： separate, disconnect

よく使う表現： yoke things together, yoke someone to something

束縛する、隷属させる

人を苦しい支配や重い義務のもとに縛りつけること。

やさしい英語で： To force someone to remain under harmful control or a heavy duty.

• Debt yoked him to his employer.
• The villagers were yoked to a cruel system.
• She refused to be yoked to endless unpaid work.

使い方： be yoked to something (The workers were yoked to a system they could not escape.)

類義語： bind, enslave, subjugate

反対語： free, liberate

よく使う表現： yoke someone to something, yoke into servitude