faith

信頼

知っていることをもとに、人の能力や誠実さ、物の確かさを信じること。

やさしい英語で： Trust in someone’s ability or honesty, or in something’s reliability, based on what you know.

• I have faith in you.
• The team lost faith in its coach.
• Her quick response restored our faith in the service.

使い方： faith in someone/something (We have faith in her ability to solve the problem.)

類義語： trust, confidence

反対語： distrust

よく使う表現： faith in someone, lose faith, restore faith

信仰、信念

証拠がなくても、何かが真実だと強く信じること。

やさしい英語で： A strong belief that something is true, even without proof.

• Faith keeps her hopeful.
• He accepted the story on faith.
• Their faith that things would improve never disappeared.

使い方： faith in something (Her faith in a better future gives her strength.); faith that… (He has faith that his prayers will be answered.)

類義語： belief, conviction

反対語： doubt

よく使う表現： have faith, blind faith, faith in something

宗教、信仰

独自の信じる内容や儀式を持つ宗教。

やさしい英語で： A religion with its own beliefs and practices.

• They belong to different faiths.
• She was raised in the Christian faith.
• The school welcomes children of every faith.

類義語： religion

よく使う表現： christian faith, different faith, someone’s faith