kingdom

王国

王や女王を国の元首とする国。

やさしい英語で： A country whose official head is a king or queen.

• The queen ruled a small kingdom.
• The two kingdoms signed a peace agreement.
• He travelled across the kingdom to visit the king.

類義語： realm

よく使う表現： United Kingdom, ancient kingdom, rule a kingdom

界

動物界や植物界など、生物を分類する最も大きな区分の一つ。

やさしい英語で： One of the largest groups used to organize living things, such as animals or plants.

• Mushrooms belong to the fungal kingdom.
• The animal kingdom includes insects and mammals.
• How many kingdoms does this classification system recognize?

類義語： regnum

よく使う表現： animal kingdom, plant kingdom, fungal kingdom

世界、領域

あるものが最も大きな力や重要性を持つ世界や領域。

やさしい英語で： An area or world in which a particular thing has the greatest power or importance.

• She escaped into a kingdom of dreams.
• In his kingdom of ideas, imagination rules.
• The empty house had become a kingdom of silence.

使い方： kingdom of something (The poet leads us into a kingdom of dreams.)

類義語： realm, domain

よく使う表現： kingdom of thought, kingdom of dreams, kingdom of silence