yellow

黄色

レモンや、子どもの絵に描かれる太陽の色。

やさしい英語で： The colour of lemons or the sun in a child’s drawing.

• Yellow is my favourite colour.
• She painted the door a bright yellow.
• The picture has too much yellow in it.

よく使う表現： bright yellow, pale yellow, in yellow

黄色

レモンや熟したバナナの色。

やさしい英語で： The colour of lemons and ripe bananas.

• Yellow is my favourite colour.
• She painted the door a warm yellow.
• The artist mixed several shades of yellow.

よく使う表現： bright yellow, pale yellow, in yellow

黄色い

レモンや熟したバナナのような色をしている。

やさしい英語で： Having the colour of lemons or ripe bananas.

• She wore a yellow dress.
• The leaves turned yellow in autumn.
• Which yellow bag is yours?

よく使う表現： yellow flower, yellow paint, pale yellow

臆病な

勇気のいることや難しいことを、怖くてできない。

やさしい英語で： Too afraid to do something brave or difficult.

• He called me yellow.
• They said he was too yellow to fight.
• Are you yellow, or will you stand up to him?

使い方： too yellow to do something (He was too yellow to face the angry crowd.)

類義語： cowardly

反対語： brave

よく使う表現： yellow coward, too yellow

自由民主党の

英国の自由民主党を支持している、またはその党に属している。

やさしい英語で： Supporting or belonging to the Liberal Democrats, a British political party.

• The yellow seats are mostly in the south.
• The map showed a few yellow constituencies.
• Several councils turned yellow after the election.

よく使う表現： yellow constituency, yellow seats

自由民主党の

ドイツの自由民主党を支持している、またはその党に属している。

やさしい英語で： Supporting or belonging to the Free Democratic Party in Germany.

• The yellow ministers supported the proposal.
• A yellow campaign poster appeared outside the station.
• The yellow party lost seats in the German election.

よく使う表現： yellow coalition, yellow ministers

黄ばむ、黄色くなる

古くなるなどして、だんだん黄色くなること。

やさしい英語で： To gradually become the colour of lemons, often because of age.

• The paper began to yellow.
• Her teeth had yellowed over the years.
• The leaves are yellowing earlier this autumn.

使い方： yellow with age (The photographs yellowed with age.)

よく使う表現： yellow with age, begin to yellow