心

heart: 喜怒哀楽等の強い感情を抱く場所としての心で, 身振りの際はしばしば心臓の位置をさす

mind: 思考･理性･精神の存在場所としての心をいい, 身振りの際はしばしば頭をさす

spirit: 肉体に対する心･気性･精神をいい, 気持ちの浮き沈みや死後に肉体を離れた魂･霊魂なども表す

soul: 肉体･理知に対して本当の気持ち･感情が宿る心の中を表し, 生きている間も死後も持っていると考えられている魂･霊魂も表す

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1. the element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought:

〖しばしばone's ～〗 (思考･理性･知性の働きをする)精神; 心(↔ body); 意見, 意向, 考え (!具体例ではa ～/～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う) ; U〘哲〙 精神(↔ matter)

e.g. as the thoughts ran through his mind, he came to a conclusion

e.g. people have the price they are prepared to pay settled in their minds.

a person's mental processes contrasted with physical action:

e.g. I wrote a letter in my mind.

2. a person's intellect:

(感情に対して)知性, 思考(力), 頭脳(intellect) (!具体例ではa ～/～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う) (↔ emotion)

e.g. his keen mind.

a person's memory:

記憶(力); 回想

e.g. the company's name slips my mind.

a person identified with their intellectual faculties:

(特定の分野において)聡明な人(thinker)

e.g. he was one of the greatest minds of his time.

3. a person's attention:

〖one's ～〗 注意(力); 関心

e.g. I expect my employees to keep their minds on the job.

the will or determination to achieve something:

e.g. anyone can lose weight if they set their mind to it.

verb with object

1. often with negative be distressed, annoyed, or worried by:

〈人が〉〈人･物･事〉を気にする; …をいやがる, 迷惑に思う

e.g. I don't mind the rain.

have an objection to:

｟主に英｠〖mind that節/wh節〗 〈人が〉…ということを, …かを気にする

e.g. what does that mean, if you don't mind my asking?

e.g. with clause : do you mind if I have a cigarette?

with negative or in questions (mind doing something) be reluctant to do something (often used in polite requests):

〖mind (A/A's) doing〗 〈人が〉(A〈人〉が)…するのをいやに思う, 気にする (!コーパスよく用いられる〖動名〗はbeing, doing, telling, having, talkingなど)

e.g. I don't mind admitting I was worried.

(would not mind something) informal used to express one's strong enthusiasm for something:

e.g. I wouldn't mind some coaching from him!

2. often with negative regard as important; feel concern about:

｟主に英話｠ 〖通例命令形で〗〈人･物･事〉に気をつけろ(watch); 〖mind (that)節/wh節〗 …するよう, …かに注意せよ

e.g. never mind the opinion polls

｟英･くだけた話｠ 〖通例命令形で〗 «…に» 気をつけろ, 注意しろ(out)(watch) «for»

e.g. no object : why should she mind about a few snubs from people she didn't care for?

3. with clause, in imperative used to urge someone to remember or take care to bring about something:

e.g. mind you look after the children.

in imperative used to warn someone to avoid injury or damage from a hazard:

e.g. mind your head on that cupboard!

no object, in imperative informal used to make a command more insistent or to draw attention to a statement:

e.g. be early to bed tonight, mind.

in imperative be careful about the quality or nature of:

e.g. mind your manners!

no object, in imperative (also mind you) used to introduce a qualification to a previous statement:

〖対比〗(相手の注意を引いて前言と対照的な事柄を思いついたように述べて)いいかい, よく聞け; でも断っておくけど (!(1)文頭･文尾で. 文尾ではmind単独でも可. (2)聞き手に同意を求める気持ちがある. (3)youがあることで, 話し手と聞き手の親密さやくだけた感じが出る. (4)文中･文尾ではmindとyouのいずれにも強勢を置かないが, 文頭では両方に強勢を置き, より断定的になる)

e.g. we've got some decorations up—not a lot, mind you.

North American & Irish be obedient to:

｟米｠ 〈人･動物が〉〈人(の忠告･指示など)〉に従う(obey) (!進行形にしない)

e.g. you think about how much Cal does for you, and you mind her, you hear?

Scottish remember:

｟古｠ …を覚えている(remember); …を思い出させる(remind).

e.g. I mind the time when he lost his false teeth.

4. take care of temporarily:

｟主に英･やや古｠ 〈人が〉(両親が不在の間に)〈子供〉の面倒を見る; (一時的に)〈店〉の番をする; 〈荷物など〉を(紛失しないように)見ている(watch)

e.g. we left our husbands to mind the children while we went out.

5. with infinitive (be minded) be inclined or disposed to do a particular thing:

e.g. he was minded to reject the application

e.g. the Board was given leave to object if it was so minded.

bear something in mind (also keep something in mind)

remember a fact or circumstance and take it into account:

e.g. with clause : you need to bear in mind that the figures vary from place to place.

be of two minds (British be in two minds)

be unable to decide between alternatives.

share the same (or hold a different) opinion.

refuse to consider or acknowledge.

(of a thought or idea) occur to someone.

informal used to accept an invitation.

informal tell someone what one thinks of them, especially in anger.

be very much inclined to do something:

e.g. I've a good mind to write to the manager to complain.

be capable of independent opinion or action.

(of an inanimate object) seem capable of thought and intention, especially by behaving contrary to the will of the person using it:

e.g. the shopping cart had a mind of its own.

in one's imagination or mental view.

the use of willpower to overcome physical problems.

be careful to behave well and avoid giving offense. of unknown origin; said by some to refer to the care a young pupil must pay in differentiating the tailed letters p and q.

1. used to urge someone not to feel anxiety or distress:

e.g. never mind—it's all right now.

2. (also never you mind) used in refusing to answer a question:

e.g. never mind where I'm going.

3. used to indicate that what has been said of one thing applies even more to another:

e.g. he was so tired that he found it hard to think, never mind talk.

North American not pay someone any attention.

preoccupying someone, especially in a disquieting way:

e.g. new parents have many worries on their minds.

be receptive to:

e.g. he opened his mind to the ways of the rest of the world.

having lost control of one's mental faculties.

informal suffering from a particular condition to a very high degree:

e.g. she was bored out of her mind.

resemble and so cause someone to think of or remember:

e.g. he was a small, well-dressed man who put her in mind of a jockey.

direct all one's attention to (achieving something):

e.g. she'd have made an excellent dancer, if she'd have put her mind to it.

deliberately forget someone or something.

in my opinion:

e.g. this story is, to my mind, a masterpiece.

be thinking of.

intend:

e.g. I had it in mind to ask you to work for me.

informal have charge of something temporarily.

the readiness to consider something without prejudice.

Old English gemynd‘memory, thought’, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘revolve in the mind, think’, shared by Sanskrit manas and Latin mens ‘mind’.