くつろぐ、緊張をほぐす
解説 Definition
relax は、心身の緊張をゆるめて「くつろぐ」「力を抜く」、または人や筋肉などの緊張を「ほぐす」という意味の動詞です。文頭で Relax. と言うと、「落ち着いて」「力を抜いて」という命令になります。
Relax is a verb meaning to become less tense, to rest comfortably, or to make a person, muscle, or restriction less tense or severe. As an imperative, Relax means “become calm” or “release your tension.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
ここでの relax は形容詞ではなく、動詞原形を文頭に置いた命令文で「力を抜いて・落ち着いて」。Please relax、sit down and relax、relax and take a deep breath の組み合わせを覚える。calm down より、身体や心の緊張をゆるめてくつろぐ感覚が中心。
In these examples, relax is the base verb used as an imperative: the subject you is understood, so Relax means “You should relax.” Connect it with releasing tightness in both the body and the mind. Useful patterns include please relax, sit down and relax, and relax and take a deep breath. Calm down often focuses on stopping visible anxiety, anger, or excitement, while relax more broadly suggests loosening tension and becoming comfortable. Remember the command as something said before rest, breathing exercises, or a stressful event that is nearly finished.
例文
Please relax and take a deep breath.
リラックスして、深呼吸してください。
Relax, the test is almost over.
落ち着いて、テストはもうすぐ終わります。
Sit down and relax for a few minutes.
座って、数分間リラックスしてください。
relax の類義語・関連語
relax の語源・成り立ち Etymology
relax はラテン語 relaxare に由来し、re-「ゆるく戻す」＋ laxare「ゆるめる」から成ります。もともとは「張っていたものをほどく」感覚で、そこから「くつろぐ・力を抜く」という意味になりました。関連語は lax, relaxation。
Relax comes through Middle English and French from Latin relaxare, “to loosen, open, or ease.” The Latin verb combines re-, here carrying the sense of loosening back or thoroughly, with laxare, “to loosen,” derived from laxus, “loose.” The physical idea of making something less tight developed naturally into the modern mental and bodily senses of reducing tension, resting, or becoming calm. Relaxation and lax belong to the same word family.
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