freedom

自由

不要な決まりや制限を受けず、望むことができる権利や能力。

やさしい英語で： The ability or right to do what you want without unnecessary rules or limits.

• I enjoy the freedom to work at home.
• Freedom of speech allows people to criticize the government.
• The new manager gave us more creative freedom.

使い方： freedom to do something (Students have the freedom to choose their own topics.); freedom of something (The law protects freedom of expression.); freedom from something (She wanted freedom from constant supervision.)

類義語： liberty

反対語： restriction

よく使う表現： freedom of speech, creative freedom, freedom to choose

自由

投獄されたり誰かの所有物とされたりせず、自由に暮らせる状態。

やさしい英語で： The state of living freely, without being kept in prison or owned by someone.

• The prisoners dreamed of freedom.
• She regained her freedom after ten years in prison.
• They escaped slavery and built new lives in freedom.

類義語： liberty

反対語： captivity, slavery

よく使う表現： regain freedom, fight for freedom, win freedom

自由利用権、自由出入りの権利

場所に自由に出入りし、利用したり楽しんだりできる権利。

やさしい英語で： The right to enter, use, or enjoy a place without restrictions.

• Guests had the freedom of the whole estate.
• The council awarded her the freedom of the city.
• He offered us the freedom of his garden.

使い方： the freedom of a place (The visiting poet was given the freedom of the house.)

類義語： access

よく使う表現： freedom of something, grant someone freedom, freedom of access

アメリカの

アメリカに関連する物の名前で、冗談めかして「アメリカの」を表す。

やさしい英語で： American, used jokingly in names for things associated with the United States.

• He jokingly calls inches and feet freedom units.
• The diner renamed its chips freedom fries.
• Can you give that distance in freedom units?

類義語： American

よく使う表現： freedom fries, freedom units