苦痛な / 胸が張り裂ける
解説 Definition
wrenching は wrench（ねじる、強く引く）の現在分詞で、形容詞としては「胸が張り裂けるような、非常に苦痛な」という意味です。心を強く痛める出来事や場面、別れなどについて使われます。
Wrenching describes an experience, event, or decision that causes extremely strong emotional pain or distress, as though the heart or mind were being violently twisted. It is commonly used of farewells, losses, choices, and deeply moving scenes.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 wrench「強くねじる・ぐいと引く」に -ing を付けた現在分詞で、形容詞では心をねじられるほど「胸が張り裂けるような」。語末を変えずそのまま -ing を加え、/ˈrentʃɪŋ/ と発音する。wrenching goodbye、wrenching choice、wrenching moment の組み合わせで覚える。
Begin with the verb wrench, meaning to twist or pull something suddenly and forcefully. Add -ing without changing the base: wrench becomes wrenching, pronounced /ˈrentʃɪŋ/. The adjective transfers that physical image to emotion: a wrenching experience feels as if your heart were being violently twisted. Learn it with typical combinations such as “a wrenching goodbye,” “a wrenching choice,” and “a wrenching moment.” It is stronger than sad or upsetting and suggests intense, almost physically felt distress, especially in situations involving separation, loss, or a painful decision.
例文
It was a wrenching goodbye for the whole family.
それは家族全員にとって胸が張り裂けるような別れでした。
The film shows a wrenching moment between the father and his son.
その映画は父と息子の間の胸が痛む場面を描いています。
Her letter described the wrenching choice she had to make.
彼女の手紙には、彼女が下さなければならなかった苦痛に満ちた選択が書かれていました。
wrenching の類義語・関連語
wrenching の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語のwrencan「ねじる・強く引く」に由来するwrench（ねじ切る）に、性質を表す-ingが結合。物理的に「激しくねじられる」様子から転じ、心が引き裂かれるような深い精神的苦痛を意味するようになった。同語根にwring（しぼる）やwrong（元はねじれた→誤り）がある。
Wrenching is the present-participial form of wrench, with the ending -ing. Wrench developed from Old English wrencan, “to twist,” and is related to wrenc, a twist, trick, or stratagem. Its earliest sense involved forceful physical twisting or pulling. English later extended that bodily action metaphorically to severe emotional disturbance, as though grief twisted the heart. The participle consequently became an adjective for events, choices, and farewells that cause acute mental pain.
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