living

生きている

死んでおらず、生きている。

やさしい英語で： Alive, rather than dead.

• Plants are living things.
• The doctor examined the living tissue.
• Every living creature needs a suitable place to survive.

類義語： alive

反対語： dead

よく使う表現： living things, living tissue, living creature, living person

生きている、現存する

過去だけのものではなく、今も使われたり行われたりしている。

やさしい英語で： Still used, practised, or present today, rather than belonging only to the past.

• It is a living tradition.
• Welsh remains a living language in many communities.
• Nobody in living memory has seen the river this low.

類義語： current, surviving

反対語： extinct

よく使う表現： living language, living tradition, living memory

生計、暮らし

生活に必要なお金を得るための仕事や収入。

やさしい英語で： The work or income that pays for the things you need.

• What do you do for a living?
• She makes a living selling flowers.
• He earned a good living as a builder.

使い方： do something for a living (She repairs bicycles for a living.); earn a living by doing something (He earns a living by teaching music.)

類義語： livelihood

よく使う表現： earn a living, for a living, make a living, decent living

生きている人々

今生きている人たちを、ひとまとめに指す言い方。

やさしい英語で： People who are alive, considered together as a group.

• We must care for the living.
• The dead remain in the memories of the living.
• The rescue team searched for signs of the living.

使い方： the living (The memorial gives the living a place to remember.)

類義語： quick

反対語： the dead

よく使う表現： the living, among the living