意味一覧 (2件)
友好的な
解説 Definition
争いがなく、相互に友好的で穏やかな関係や雰囲気を表します。意見や利益が異なる者同士の間でも、平和的で話し合いに基づいた対話が成立している状態です。
Amicable means friendly, peaceful, and without anger or serious conflict. It is often used when people solve problems or end relationships in a calm and respectful way. This word is common in formal descriptions of discussions or agreements.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
amicable は「友好的な」という意味で、関係・態度・雰囲気が敵対的でなく良好であることを表します。語根 amic- は「友」に関係し、friendly, cordial, cooperative に近い改まった語です。countries, relations, atmosphere, tone などと結びつけて、相手に好意的で協調的な状態を思い浮かべると覚えやすいです。amicable talks や amicable relations では、利害が違っても落ち着いて対話できる関係を指します。
`Amicable` describes friendly and peaceful relations, attitudes, or situations. It is often used with words like `relations`, `talks`, `tone`, and `atmosphere`. Do not mix it with `amiable`, which usually describes a pleasant person. Think of people or groups staying cooperative instead of hostile.
例文
The two countries reached an amicable agreement on trade.
両国は貿易に関して友好的な協定に達した。
Despite their differences, they maintained an amicable relationship.
彼らの違いにもかかわらず、友好的な関係を保っていた。
The divorce was settled in an amicable manner.
その離婚は友好的な方法で解決された。
穏便な
(意味 2)解説 Definition
争いや対立を感情的にこじらせず、落ち着いて平和的に処理する様子を表します。離婚、交渉、和解、解決策など、衝突が起こり得る場面で、双方が冷静に合意へ向かうニュアンスがあります。
Amicable describes a situation that is handled in a calm, peaceful, and cooperative way, without letting conflict become emotional or bitter. It is often used for disputes, divorces, negotiations, settlements, and other cases where two sides could disagree but still reach an agreement. The word usually focuses more on the way a problem is resolved than on someone's general personality.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
amicable は ami- が「友人」を表す語根に関係し、friend の感覚から「争わず話し合える」へ広がった語です。基本義では人の性格より、settlement, agreement, divorce, solution のような解決・合意の名詞と結びつきやすい。friendly が単に親しい雰囲気まで広く言えるのに対し、amicable は対立があり得る状況を穏便に収める感じが中心です。
Think of ami- as being connected to the idea of a friend. That can help you remember the meaning: people talk things through instead of fighting. Amicable is often used with words like settlement, agreement, divorce, and solution, so it usually describes a peaceful way of resolving conflict rather than simply being friendly.
例文
After several meetings, both sides reached an amicable agreement.
数回の話し合いの末、双方は穏便な合意に達した。
They had an amicable divorce and continued to work together as parents.
二人は穏便に離婚し、その後も親として協力を続けた。
The manager encouraged an amicable solution before the conflict grew worse.
対立がさらに悪化する前に、部長は穏便な解決策を勧めた。
amicable の語源・成り立ち Etymology
amicableはラテン語amicabilis（友好的な）から来ており、amicus（友人）が語根です。『友人のように接することができる』という感覚から「友好的な」となり、amityやamicable settlementを見ると意味のつながりが分かります。
Amicable comes from Latin amicabilis, meaning "friendly," from amicus "friend." The basic idea is acting in a way suitable for friends. From that, the word came to mean polite and friendly, especially when people avoid conflict. A related English word is amity.
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