ghostly

幽霊のような

姿や音、雰囲気が死んだ人の霊を思わせる。

やさしい英語で： Looking, sounding, or seeming like a spirit of a dead person.

• A ghostly figure stood by the window.
• They heard ghostly footsteps in the empty hall.
• The story describes a ghostly woman searching for her child.

類義語： spectral, phantom

よく使う表現： ghostly figure, ghostly presence, ghostly voice

青白い、ぼんやりした

とても色が薄かったり、かすかだったりして、はっきり見えない。

やさしい英語で： Very pale or faint, so that it is difficult to see clearly.

• A ghostly light shone through the curtains.
• The hills were ghostly shapes in the fog.
• Her reflection looked ghostly in the dark window.

類義語： pale, faint, dim

よく使う表現： ghostly light, ghostly glow, ghostly outline

不気味な

奇妙で恐ろしく、特に何か謎めいたものを感じさせる。

やさしい英語で： Strange and frightening, especially in a way that suggests something mysterious.

• A ghostly silence filled the house.
• The deserted village had a ghostly atmosphere.
• We hurried through the ghostly forest before dark.

類義語： spooky, eerie, creepy

よく使う表現： ghostly silence, ghostly atmosphere, ghostly hush