sympathy

/ˈsɪmpəθi/

意味: 同情、共感

例文: Haruki showed sympathy for June’s loss.
　　  ハルキはジューンの喪失に同情した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: express sympathy(同情を表す), feel sympathy(同情を感じる), show sympathy(同情を示す)

定義: 他の人の感情や状況を理解し、共感する気持ちのことです。特に、誰かが困っているときや悲しんでいるときに、その人の気持ちを理解し、支えたいと思う心の状態を指します。

sympathyは約100,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
Noun: sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
Noun: a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

Noun: his sympathies were always with the underdog
Noun: I knew I could count on his understanding
Noun: the two of them were in close sympathy

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): fellow feeling, sympathy, understanding

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): affinity, feeling, inclination

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): affect, affection, agitation, ambivalence, apathy, astonishment, bent, call, calmness, complex, denominationalism, desire, despair, devastation, devices, direction, disfavor, dislike, drift, emotion, enthusiasm, expectation, faintness, favor, favoritism, fearlessness, glow, gratitude, gravity, happiness, hope, humility, impartiality, ingratitude, levity, liking, literalism, pain, pang, partiality, passion, perseveration, pleasure, predisposition, pride, proclivity, rapport, sadness, sensitivity, sentiment, sex, shame, soul, sympathy, temper, thing, unconcern

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): commiseration, compassion, compatibility, concern, empathy, kindheartedness, mutual understanding

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: sympathetic, sympathise, sympathize, understand

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: literary

Usage Context: conversation, emotional

Grammatical Notes:

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): y

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive, sadness