thankfulness
感謝の気持ち
解説 Definition
ありがたいと感じる気持ち。感謝の念。
Thankfulness is the feeling of being grateful for something someone has done or for something good in your life. It is often used when talking about appreciation, kindness, help, or good fortune. It is a slightly more formal word than gratitude in some everyday contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず thankful「感謝している」を確実に押さえ、そこに -ness が付くと「その状態・気持ち」になる、と見ると覚えやすいです。つまり thankfulness は「thankful であること」そのもの。似た gratitude はやや改まった語で、thankfulness のほうが感情の温かさをそのまま表しやすい印象です。feel thankfulness, express thankfulness のように、心の中で感じる場面と、それを言葉や態度で示す場面をセットで思い出すと定着します。
Start with thankful, then add -ness, the common ending that turns an adjective into a feeling or state. Think of the pattern kind -> kindness or dark -> darkness. It helps to link it with phrases like feel thankfulness and express thankfulness.
例文
She expressed her thankfulness to the volunteers who helped rebuild her home.
彼女は自宅の再建を手伝ってくれたボランティアに感謝の気持ちを表した。
His eyes welled up with thankfulness when he received the unexpected gift.
思いがけない贈り物を受け取ったとき、彼の目は感謝の気持ちで潤んだ。
The thankfulness she felt for surviving the accident changed her perspective on life.
事故を生き延びたことへの感謝の気持ちが、彼女の人生観を変えた。
thankfulness の類義語・関連語
thankfulness の語源・成り立ち Etymology
thankfulness は thankful + -ness から成り、thank は古英語 þanc / þancian「思い・感謝する」に由来します。-ful は「満ちた」、-ness は「状態」を表し、関連語に thanks、think があるので、「感謝の思いで満ちた状態」だと腑に落ちます。
"Thankfulness" is made from "thankful" and the noun ending "-ness." "Thank" comes from Old English "thanc" and "thancian," which were connected with thought, feeling, and gratitude; this is why it is related to "think" and "thanks." Over time, the word came to express the state of being full of grateful feeling.
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