zen

穏やかな、落ち着いた

心配に振り回されず落ち着いていて、物事を賢く理解したり対処したりできる。

やさしい英語で： Very calm, free from worry, and able to understand or handle things wisely.

• She seems very zen today.
• He stayed zen while everyone else panicked.
• I wish I could be so zen about delays.

類義語： calm, relaxed, serene

反対語： anxious

よく使う表現： feel zen, a zen attitude, stay zen

禅

細かな計画や固定した目標より、単純さと直感を大切にする取り組み方。

やさしい英語で： An approach to an activity based on simplicity and a natural understanding rather than detailed plans or fixed goals.

• He calls his approach the zen of cooking.
• The zen of painting means trusting your hand and letting go.
• She found a kind of zen in making bread without a recipe.

使い方： the zen of something (She wrote about the zen of gardening.)

類義語： tao

よく使う表現： the zen of cooking, the zen of gardening