lament

嘆く、悲しむ

何かについて深い悲しみや後悔を表す。

やさしい英語で： To express deep sadness or regret about something.

• He lamented his friend's death.
• They lament the lack of affordable housing.
• She lamented that she had never learned to swim.

使い方： lament something (The residents lamented the loss of their local library.); lament that… (She lamented that the old trees had been cut down.)

類義語： mourn, bemoan, bewail

反対語： celebrate, rejoice

よく使う表現： lament a loss, lament the lack, lament someone's death

嘆き、哀歌

深い悲しみや後悔を表す言葉、歌、叫び。

やさしい英語で： Words, a song, or a cry expressing deep sadness or regret.

• We heard her quiet lament.
• The song is a lament for the dead.
• Their laments filled the empty church.

使い方： lament for someone/something (The poem is a lament for his lost homeland.)

類義語： lamentation, cry, dirge

よく使う表現： a sorrowful lament, lament for someone, a mother's lament