temporal

時間的な

物事が起こる時期や続く長さなど、時間に関する。

やさしい英語で： Connected with time, including when things happen or how long they last.

• The events have a clear temporal order.
• We studied temporal changes in the data.
• The report examines the temporal relationship between rainfall and flooding.

よく使う表現： temporal order, temporal sequence, temporal relationship

世俗の、現世の

宗教や精神世界ではなく、日常生活や政治、財産に関する。

やさしい英語で： Connected with ordinary life, government, or possessions rather than religion or spiritual matters.

• The bishop also held temporal power.
• The king controlled temporal affairs.
• Church leaders disputed the limits of their temporal authority.

類義語： secular, worldly

反対語： spiritual, religious

よく使う表現： temporal power, temporal authority, temporal affairs

有限の、はかない

永遠には続かず、限られた時間だけ存在する。

やさしい英語で： Existing for a limited time, rather than lasting forever.

• They contrasted temporal life with eternal life.
• All temporal things eventually pass away.
• The poem reflects on our temporal existence.

類義語： transient, impermanent

反対語： eternal, permanent

よく使う表現： temporal existence, temporal life, temporal things

一時的な、短命の

短い間だけ続く。

やさしい英語で： Lasting only a short time.

• The treatment brought only temporal relief.
• They enjoyed a temporal improvement in their living conditions.
• The writer warned against seeking temporal pleasures.

類義語： temporary, brief, short-lived

反対語： lasting, permanent

よく使う表現： temporal relief, temporal effects, temporal pleasure

世俗の財産、現世のもの

財産など、精神世界ではなく現実の生活に属するもの。

やさしい英語で： Something belonging to ordinary earthly life, such as property, rather than spiritual life.

• The bishop managed the church’s temporals.
• The dispute concerned temporals rather than spiritual teachings.
• Church temporals included land and income.

類義語： temporality

よく使う表現： a temporal, each temporal

側頭鱗

爬虫類の頭の側面で、目の後ろにある小さく硬いうろこ。

やさしい英語で： One of the small, hard plates on the side of a reptile’s head, behind its eye.

• The snake has one large temporal behind its eye.
• Count the temporals on each side of the head.
• This specimen has a damaged posterior temporal.

よく使う表現： anterior temporal, posterior temporal