cush
楽で快適な
解説 Definition
楽で快適なという意味のcushyの略語的な表現。くつろいだ状態を指す俗語。
Cush is an informal adjective meaning easy, comfortable, or pleasantly undemanding, especially when describing a job, arrangement, or living space. It is a shortened slang form related to cushy and is best avoided in formal writing.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
cush は俗語的に cushy「楽で快適な」を短くした形として使われる。a cush job「楽で待遇のよい仕事」、more cush「もっと楽」、a cush room「快適な部屋」のような場面で覚える。標準的で中立な文章では comfortable、easy、cushy を選び、固有名詞 Cush とは大文字で区別する。
Remember cush as a clipped, slangy partner of cushy. The strongest phrase is a cush job: work with good benefits, flexible hours, and little strain. From there, extend the idea to a cush arrangement or a surprisingly cush hotel room. Because the form is informal and not equally familiar to all speakers, comfortable, easy, or cushy will often be clearer in neutral writing. Keep lowercase cush separate from Cush with a capital C, a biblical and geographical proper name with a completely different use.
例文
He landed a cush job at a tech company with great benefits and flexible hours.
彼はテクノロジー企業で福利厚生も充実し勤務時間も柔軟な楽な仕事に就いた。
After years of hard labor, she was looking for something a bit more cush.
何年も重労働をした後、彼女はもう少し楽なものを探していた。
The hotel room was surprisingly cush, with plush pillows and a heated floor.
そのホテルの部屋は驚くほど快適で、ふかふかの枕と床暖房があった。
cush の類義語・関連語
cush の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ヒンディー語・ウルダー語の khush（खुश＝快適な・幸せな）に由来し、ペルシャ語 khosh（心地よい）が源。英領インド時代に英語に入り cushy（楽な仕事）としても定着した。同根語に cushy がある。「気持ちよい」が原義で「楽で快適な」の意になった。
In this slang sense, cush is a shortened form associated with cushy, meaning easy or comfortable. Cushy entered British English through Anglo-Indian usage and is generally traced to Hindi and Urdu khush, “pleasant, happy, or comfortable,” ultimately from Persian khosh. The clipped adjective cush is a later informal development. It is unrelated to the capitalized proper name Cush and should also not be confused with cushion merely because both suggest comfort today.
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