悲惨さ
解説 Definition
miseries は misery（悲惨さ、苦しみ、つらい状態）の複数形です。単なる悲しみよりも重く、生活上の苦難や悲惨な出来事がいくつもあることを表すときに使われます。
Miseries is the plural of misery and refers to multiple forms, experiences, or causes of severe suffering and unhappiness, especially hardships produced by poverty, harsh living conditions, illness, or disaster.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
単数形 misery の語末の子音字＋yを ies に替えた複数形で、発音は /ˈmɪzəriz/。一つの抽象的な「悲惨さ」より、poverty や避難生活などがもたらす複数の苦難を指す。the miseries of life や miseries caused by poverty の形で、単なる sadness より深刻で長引く苦しみを思い浮かべる。
Start with the singular noun misery. Since it ends in a consonant followed by y, its plural changes y to ies: misery becomes miseries, pronounced /ˈmɪzəriz/. Picture several distinct hardships rather than one general feeling—for example, hunger, unsafe shelter, and illness after a flood. Common phrases such as the miseries of life and miseries caused by poverty reinforce this plural sense. Unlike ordinary sadness, miseries usually suggests severe, often prolonged suffering connected with difficult experiences or living conditions.
例文
The report described the miseries faced by families after the flood.
その報告書は洪水後に家族たちが直面した悲惨な状況を述べていました。
He wrote honestly about the miseries of life in the crowded camp.
彼は混み合ったキャンプでの暮らしの苦しみを率直に書きました。
The novel shows the miseries caused by poverty without turning them into drama.
その小説は、貧困がもたらす苦しみを大げさにせずに描いています。
miseries の類義語・関連語
miseries の語源・成り立ち Etymology
misery（悲惨さ）の複数形。ラテン語 miseria（不幸）から、miser（惨めな）が語根。古フランス語 misere を経て英語に入った。miserは「哀れな、苦しむ」の意で、関連語に miserable（惨めな）、commiserate（同情する）がある。複数形で「さまざまな苦しみ」を表す。
Miseries is the regular plural of misery, formed by changing final y to ies. Misery entered English through Old French misere and ultimately derives from Latin miseria, “wretchedness” or “distress,” related to miser, “wretched” or “unfortunate.” The same Latin base is reflected in miserable and commiserate. The plural form often presents suffering as a collection of particular hardships or painful experiences.
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