homesickness
ホームシック
解説 Definition
故郷や家族から離れていることで感じる寂しさや懐かしさの気持ち。
Homesickness is the sad or uncomfortable feeling of missing your home, family, or familiar surroundings when you are away. It commonly affects people who travel, move, or study in a new place for a period of time.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
home と sick をそのまま重ねると覚えやすい語。ここでの sick は「病気」より「〜でつらい感じ」に近く、homesick は「家や故郷が恋しくてつらい」という形容詞。そこに -ness が付くと、その感情や状態そのものを表す名詞になる。I feel homesick は気分の話、homesickness は suffer from homesickness のように続きやすい。単なる loneliness ではなく、「離れていて家を恋しがる」点が中心だと押さえると定着しやすい。
This word is easy to break into `home + sick + -ness`. `Homesick` is the feeling, and `homesickness` is the noun for that feeling or state. Remember the common pair `feel homesick` versus `suffer from homesickness`.
例文
Many international students experience homesickness during their first semester abroad.
多くの留学生が海外での最初の学期にホームシックを経験する。
Her homesickness was so severe that she called her parents every night.
彼女のホームシックはとてもひどく、毎晩両親に電話していた。
Writing letters helped him cope with homesickness while serving in the military overseas.
手紙を書くことは、海外で軍務に就いている間のホームシックへの対処に役立った。
homesickness の類義語・関連語
homesickness の語源・成り立ち Etymology
homesickness は home + sick + -ness から成る語で、home は古英語 ham「住まい」、sick は古英語 seoc「病んだ」です。つまり『家のことで具合が悪い感じ』がそのまま語義になっており、homeland や sickness と並べると意味が腑に落ちます。
"Homesickness" is built from English "home," "sick," and the noun ending "-ness." "Home" comes from Old English "ham," meaning a dwelling or village, and "sick" comes from Old English "seoc," meaning ill. The word first expressed the feeling of being made emotionally unwell by being away from home, and its meaning stayed close to that original image. Related English words include "homeland" and "sickness."
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