鼻水
解説 Definition
鼻から出る粘液、つまり「鼻水」を指す、くだけた語です。不快感を伴うことがあり、丁寧な場面や医学的な文脈では nasal mucus などを使います。
Snot is an informal and often impolite word for the mucus produced in or discharged from the nose. It is common in casual speech, especially when expressing disgust, while nasal mucus is more suitable in medical or formal contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
snot は「鼻水・鼻の粘液」を直接指す、くだけてやや不快感のある語で、医学的・丁寧な場面では nasal mucus を使う。snotty は文字どおり「鼻水の付いた」から、比喩的に「生意気な」の意味にもなる。blow one’s nose など鼻に関する場面と結び付けて覚える。
Remember snot as the blunt, everyday word for mucus from the nose. It is more informal and less polite than nasal mucus, so it suits casual speech or situations where disgust is being expressed, but not most medical explanations. Link it with blowing one’s nose and with snotty: that adjective can literally describe something covered with nasal mucus and can also mean rudely self-important. The shared sn- beginning in several nose-related English words may help recognition, but the safest memory anchor is the contrast between casual snot and formal nasal mucus.
例文
She wiped the snot from the baby's nose with a tissue.
彼女はティッシュで赤ちゃんの鼻水を拭いた。
The child had snot running down his nose.
その子は鼻水を垂らしていた。
In a medical report, use nasal mucus rather than snot.
医学的な報告書では、snotではなくnasal mucusを使いなさい。
snot の類義語・関連語
snot の語源・成り立ち Etymology
snot は古英語 gesnot に由来する非常に古い語で、鼻から出る粘液を直接指した素朴な日常語です。snout（鼻先）や snotty も同根とされ、『鼻まわりのもの』という感覚をつかむと、なぜこの意味になるかが見えます。
Snot is an old Germanic word recorded in Old English as gesnot, referring directly to nasal mucus. It is historically associated with a group of words concerning the nose or snout, although the exact relationships among every similar-looking form should not be overstated. The adjective snotty was later formed from snot and developed both a literal sense and the figurative meaning “arrogant or offensively rude.”
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