inspiration

ひらめき、創作意欲

新しい考えを生んだり、何かを作りたい気持ちを起こしたりする感覚。

やさしい英語で： A feeling that gives you new ideas or makes you want to create something.

• I need inspiration for my story.
• A sudden flash of inspiration solved the problem.
• Music often fills her with inspiration.

類義語： creativity

よく使う表現： creative inspiration, flash of inspiration, find inspiration, artistic inspiration

インスピレーションの源、励み

考えを与えたり、何かをする励みになったりする人や物。

やさしい英語で： A person or thing that gives you ideas or encourages you to do something.

• My teacher is an inspiration to me.
• Nature was the inspiration for her painting.
• Where did you find the inspiration for this design?

使い方： an inspiration to someone (Her courage is an inspiration to us.); the inspiration for something (His childhood was the inspiration for the novel.)

類義語： motivation, stimulus

よく使う表現： inspiration for something, inspiration to someone

神の霊感

宗教上の真理を書く人や語る人に、神が働きかけること。

やさしい英語で： God’s influence on people who write or speak religious truths.

• The prophet spoke under divine inspiration.
• They believe the text was written through God’s inspiration.
• The group discussed the inspiration of scripture.

類義語： divine guidance

よく使う表現： divine inspiration, inspiration of scripture

吸気

肺に息を一回吸い込むこと。

やさしい英語で： A single breath taken into the lungs.

• His chest rose during inspiration.
• The doctor asked for a deep inspiration.
• Each inspiration brought cold air into her lungs.

類義語： inhalation, inward breath

反対語： expiration

よく使う表現： deep inspiration, during inspiration