agony

激痛、苦悶

とても強い体の痛み、または深い心の苦しみ。

やさしい英語で： Very strong physical pain or deep emotional suffering.

• My back was in agony.
• Waiting for news was sheer agony.
• She cried out in agony when she moved her leg.

使い方： in agony (He lay on the floor in agony.); agony of something (She described the agony of losing her child.)

類義語： anguish, torment

よく使う表現： in agony, agony of something, sheer agony

臨終の苦しみ、断末魔

死ぬ直前に経験する最後の苦しみやもがき。

やさしい英語で： The final suffering and struggle before death.

• His final agony was brief.
• The family gathered during her last agony.
• The poem describes a soldier in his death agony.

類義語： death throes

よく使う表現： final agony, death agony, last agony