sentimental

感傷的な、思い入れのある

愛情や、人・出来事の思い出など、個人的な気持ちに関わる。

やさしい英語で： Connected with feelings, especially affection or memories of people and events.

• The ring has sentimental value.
• Looking at old photographs made him sentimental.
• I keep this coat for sentimental reasons.

使い方： sentimental about something (She gets sentimental about her childhood home.)

類義語： emotional

よく使う表現： sentimental value, sentimental attachment, sentimental mood

感傷的な、お涙頂戴の

優しく強い感情を表したり誘ったりし、時に大げさで不自然に感じられる。

やさしい英語で： Showing or encouraging strong, gentle feelings, sometimes more than seems sensible or natural.

• The film is too sentimental.
• He gave a sentimental speech that made everyone cry.
• Her latest songs are less sentimental than her earlier work.

類義語： soppy, mawkish

反対語： unsentimental

よく使う表現： sentimental film, sentimental story, sentimental song

ロマンチックな

恋愛やロマンチックな気持ちに関わる。

やさしい英語で： Connected with love and romantic feelings.

• He wrote her a sentimental letter.
• Their sentimental walks always ended beside the river.
• The poem describes a young couple’s sentimental love.

類義語： romantic

よく使う表現： sentimental love, sentimental letter, sentimental evening