mourn

悼む、悲しむ

誰かが亡くなったために、深い悲しみを感じること。

やさしい英語で： To feel deep sadness because someone has died.

• She mourns her brother.
• They mourned their father for many years.
• He is still mourning the death of his wife.

使い方： mourn someone/something (We mourned the loss of our closest friend.); mourn for someone (She mourned for her husband.)

類義語： grieve

よく使う表現： mourn someone, mourn a death, mourn for someone

嘆く、悼む

死や喪失、失ったものに対する悲しみを表すこと。

やさしい英語で： To show sadness about a death, loss, or something you no longer have.

• The community mourned her passing.
• He mourned the loss of his childhood home.
• They openly mourn the end of their friendship.

使い方： mourn someone/something (She mourned the opportunities she had lost.)

類義語： lament, grieve over

よく使う表現： mourn a loss, mourn someone’s passing, mourn the end

喪に服する

亡くなった人を敬うため、社会のしきたりに従って過ごすこと。

やさしい英語で： To follow social customs that honour someone who has died.

• The family mourned for seven days.
• They wore black to mourn their queen.
• How long does this community traditionally mourn its dead?

使い方： mourn for a period of time (They mourned for forty days after the funeral.)

類義語： observe mourning

よく使う表現： mourn for days, mourn in black, mourn the dead