feel like

〜が欲しい、〜したい気分になる

そのとき何かが欲しい、または何かをしたいと思う。

やさしい英語で： To want something or want to do something at that moment.

• I feel like a cup of tea.
• She did not feel like cooking last night.
• Do you feel like joining us for lunch?

使い方： feel like something (I feel like some soup.); feel like doing something (Do you feel like going for a walk?)

類義語： want, fancy

よく使う表現： feel like something, feel like going out

〜のように感じる、〜になった気がする

自分がある種の人や物であるかのように感じる。

やさしい英語で： To have the sense that you are a particular kind of person or thing.

• I feel like a child again.
• She felt like a winner after passing the test.
• Do you ever feel like an outsider here?

使い方： feel like + noun (I felt like a stranger in my own town.)

類義語： feel as if you are

よく使う表現： feel like a fool, feel like an outsider

〜のように感じる、〜する気がする

本当かどうかにかかわらず、ある状況が現実であるかのように感じる。

やさしい英語で： To experience a feeling as if something were true, whether or not it really is.

• I feel like I am dreaming.
• He felt like the room was spinning.
• Do you feel like you have been here before?

使い方： feel like + clause (I felt like I was floating.)

類義語： feel as though, feel as if

よく使う表現： feel like something happened, feel like you belong

〜のように感じられる、〜の感じがする

見た目や性質、雰囲気から、何かに似ているという印象を与える。

やさしい英語で： To give someone a particular impression through its appearance, qualities, or atmosphere.

• This room feels like home.
• The soft fabric felt like silk.
• With the warm sunshine, today feels like summer.

使い方： something feels like something (This place feels like home.)

類義語： seem like, resemble

よく使う表現： feel like home, feel like silk

〜する気がする、予感する

何かが起こりそうだと強く感じる。

やさしい英語で： To have a strong impression that something will happen.

• I feel like it will rain soon.
• She felt like the team would win that evening.
• Do you feel like things will improve next month?

使い方： feel like + clause about the future (I feel like we will win today.)

類義語： expect, think, sense

よく使う表現： feel like it'll rain, feel like we'll win

感じられる

実際の測定値とは別に、体にはある温度のように感じられる。

やさしい英語で： To seem a certain temperature to your body, even if the measured temperature is different.

• It feels like ten degrees outside.
• Yesterday felt like forty degrees because of the humidity.
• The forecast says it will feel like minus five tonight.

使い方： feel like + temperature (It is twenty degrees, but it feels like fifteen.)

よく使う表現： feel like thirty degrees, feel like freezing weather