fairy tale

おとぎ話

魔法の人物や生き物、出来事が登場する、主に子ども向けの物語。

やさしい英語で： A story about magical people, creatures, or events, often told to children.

• She read us a fairy tale.
• This fairy tale is about a princess and a dragon.
• Do your children like fairy tales?

類義語： fairy story

よく使う表現： a fairy tale, read fairy tales, traditional fairy tale

作り話、嘘

本当でないことを人に信じさせるために作った話。

やさしい英語で： A made-up story told to make someone believe something that is not true.

• His excuse is a fairy tale.
• Don't believe that fairy tale about his missing money.
• She told the police a fairy tale to hide the truth.

類義語： lie, fabrication, falsehood

反対語： truth

よく使う表現： a fairy tale, tell fairy tales, another fairy tale

夢のような生活

本当とは思えないほど、幸せで美しく理想的な状況。

やさしい英語で： An unusually happy, beautiful situation that seems almost too perfect to be real.

• Their life together was a fairy tale.
• Winning the prize felt like a fairy tale.
• She thought her marriage would be a fairy tale.

類義語： dream come true

反対語： nightmare

よく使う表現： a fairy tale, live a fairy tale, real-life fairy tale