magician

手品師、マジシャン

不可能に見える手品で人を楽しませる人。

やさしい英語で： A person who entertains people with tricks that seem impossible.

• The magician pulled out a rabbit.
• We hired a magician for the birthday party.
• How do magicians make cards disappear?

類義語： illusionist, conjurer

よく使う表現： stage magician, professional magician, magician's trick, street magician

魔法使い、魔術師

不可能なことを実現する特別な力を持つと信じられている人。

やさしい英語で： A person believed to have special powers that can make impossible things happen.

• The magician cast a spell.
• An ancient magician guarded the hidden castle.
• The villagers believed that magicians could control the weather.

類義語： wizard, sorcerer

よく使う表現： powerful magician, evil magician, magician's spell

達人、名人

技術が非常に優れ、ほぼ不可能に見えることを成し遂げる人。

やさしい英語で： Someone whose great skill makes what they do seem almost impossible.

• Our chef is a magician.
• He is a magician with a football.
• That mechanic is a real magician; my old car runs perfectly.

使い方： a magician with something (She is a magician with a sewing machine.)

類義語： wizard, genius, expert

よく使う表現： magician with something, magician in the kitchen, real magician

謎めいた人、謎の人物

性格や行動が理解しにくい人。

やさしい英語で： A person whose character or actions are difficult to understand.

• Nobody understood that silent magician.
• He remained a magician to us, his motives impossible to read.
• The stranger was a magician whose secrets nobody could explain.

類義語： enigma, mystery

よく使う表現： mysterious magician, elusive magician, silent magician