nag

小言を言う、しつこく言う

不満や要求を何度も繰り返して、相手をうんざりさせる。

やさしい英語で： To keep complaining to someone or asking them to do something, in an annoying way.

• Please stop nagging me.
• She nagged him to clean his room.
• Do your parents nag you about homework?

使い方： nag someone about something (He keeps nagging me about the dishes.); nag someone to do something (My dad nagged me to finish my homework.)

類義語： pester, badger

よく使う表現： nag someone about something, nag someone to tidy, stop nagging, nag at someone

悩ませる、心に引っかかる

考えや記憶が頭から離れず、いつまでも気にかかる。

やさしい英語で： If a thought or memory does this, it keeps worrying you and is hard to forget.

• That question still nags me.
• The memory nagged at him all day.
• Doubts about her decision continued to nag her.

使い方： something nags at someone (A doubt about the plan nagged at her.)

類義語： trouble, bother, haunt

よく使う表現： nag at someone, doubts nag someone