villain

悪役

物語で主人公に敵対する悪い登場人物。

やさしい英語で： The bad character in a story who opposes the main character.

• The villain escapes at the end.
• She played the villain in that film.
• The heroes finally defeated the villains.

類義語： antagonist, bad guy

反対語： hero

よく使う表現： the main villain, play the villain, a movie villain

悪人、悪党

残酷な振る舞いをしたり、ひどく悪いことをしたりする人。

やさしい英語で： A person who behaves cruelly or does seriously wrong things.

• He was a cruel villain.
• The papers called the businessman a villain.
• Those villains cheated elderly people out of their savings.

類義語： scoundrel, wrongdoer

よく使う表現： a cruel villain, a real villain, the main villain, a wicked villain

対戦相手

ポーカーの対戦相手。特に手札の例を説明するときに使う呼び名。

やさしい英語で： An opposing player in poker, especially when explaining an example hand.

• Villain raises before the flop.
• If villain folds, we win the pot.
• The villains have smaller stacks than we do.

類義語： opponent

よく使う表現： villain bets, villain calls, villain folds