buck up

元気を出して、気をしっかり持って

元気や勇気を出すよう相手に呼びかける言葉。

やさしい英語で： Used to tell someone to feel happier or braver.

• Buck up! You can do this.
• Buck up, Sam! Tomorrow will be better.
• Come on, buck up! There is still hope.

類義語： cheer up, take heart

よく使う表現： buck up now, buck up everyone

元気を取り戻す、勇気を出す

元気や勇気を取り戻し、物事に立ち向かう気持ちになる。

やさしい英語で： To become happier or braver and feel ready to deal with something.

• I need to buck up.
• He bucked up after hearing the good news.
• She bucked up and faced the difficult conversation.

類義語： cheer up, take heart, rally

よく使う表現： buck up again, buck up a little

励ます、元気づける

相手が明るさや勇気、希望を取り戻せるようにする。

やさしい英語で： To help someone feel happier, braver, or more hopeful.

• Your visit bucked me up.
• She tried to buck up the team before the match.
• Will some good news buck him up?

使い方： buck someone up (A friendly message bucked me up.)

類義語： cheer up, encourage, hearten

反対語： discourage

よく使う表現： buck someone up, buck up someone

しっかりする、もっと努力する

もっと努力して、仕事ぶりや行動を改善する。

やさしい英語で： To make more effort and improve how you work or behave.

• You need to buck up.
• He bucked up and started finishing his homework.
• The manager told us to buck up our ideas.

類義語： improve, shape up

よく使う表現： buck up your ideas, buck up at school

上司に判断を委ねる、上層部に回す

問題の処理や判断を、より権限のある人に任せる。

やさしい英語で： To send a problem or decision to someone with more authority to deal with.

• We bucked the problem up.
• She bucked the complaint up to her supervisor.
• Why are you bucking every decision up to management?

使い方： buck something up to someone (They bucked the decision up to the director.)

類義語： refer upward, escalate

よく使う表現： buck up something, buck up a complaint

殴る、けんかする

人を殴ったり、その人とけんかしたりする。

やさしい英語で： To hit someone or fight them.

• He threatened to buck me up.
• They bucked him up outside the bar.
• The bully wanted to buck up anyone who challenged him.

類義語： hit, fight, beat up

よく使う表現： buck up someone, buck someone up