カルマの、因果応報の
解説 Definition
行為が後の結果や報いにつながるというカルマ、因果応報の考え方に関することを表す形容詞です。
Karmic describes something related to karma, the idea that a person's actions bring future results or consequences. It is often used when people talk about fate, justice, or events that seem like a result of past behavior. In modern English, it can be used seriously or loosely in casual conversation.
使い方 Usage
- karmic consequence は行いによる結果・報い、karmic justice は因果応報による正義を表します。 Karmic consequence refers to a result attributed to past actions; karmic justice refers to justice understood as the result of karma.
- 宗教的・精神的な話題のほか、日常会話でも行いに見合う報いを述べる比喩として使われます。 It appears in religious or spiritual contexts and can also be used loosely in everyday conversation for consequences seen as fitting someone's behavior.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
karma に「〜に関する」を表す形容詞語尾 -ic が付いた形です。「自分の行いが後の結果につながる」という連想を核に覚えましょう。
Begin with karma and add -ic, an adjective ending meaning related to. Keep the idea that a person's actions lead to later results.
例文
She believed that her misfortune was a karmic consequence.
彼女は、自分の不幸は過去の行いへの報いだと信じていた。
Some people think good deeds bring karmic rewards.
善行はカルマによる報いをもたらすと考える人もいる。
karmic の類義語・関連語
karmic の語源・成り立ち Etymology
karmic はサンスクリット語 karma（行為・行い）に形容詞語尾 -ic が付いた語です。語根 kar- は「する」に通じ、行いが巡って結果になるという思想がそのまま語義に出ています。関連語は karma, karmically。
This word comes from karma + -ic. Karma was borrowed from Sanskrit karma, meaning "act," "deed," or "action," from a root meaning "to do" or "make." Because the idea of karma connects actions with their results, the adjective came to describe things linked to that cycle of action and consequence. Related words include karma and karmically.
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