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勇敢な

brave: 人や行為が勇敢であることをいうのに最もよく使われる語

courageous: 確固たる勇敢さを示す〘ややかたい〙 語

bold: action, step, moveなどと結びつき, 行動の思いきりの良さを示す

fearless: 人の大胆さをほめる語

ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage:

〈人が〉勇敢な, 勇ましい(↔ cowardly); 〖A is ～ to do/It is ～ of A to do〗 …するなんてA〈人〉は勇気がある〘勇気･勇敢は最大の美徳として評価される〙

e.g. a brave soldier

e.g. he put up a brave fight before losing.

literary fine or splendid in appearance:

｟古･文｠ 華麗な(splendid), すばらしい(fine1).

e.g. his medals made a brave show.

1. (as plural noun the brave) people who are ready to face and endure danger or pain.

〖the ～; 複数扱い〗 勇敢な人々, 勇士たち

2. dated an American Indian warrior.

｟やや古｠ 北米先住民の戦士

a young man who shows courage or a fighting spirit.

verb with object

endure or face (unpleasant conditions or behavior) without showing fear:

〈困難なことなど〉に勇敢に立ち向かう, …をものともしない

e.g. we had to brave the full heat of the sun.

go outside in spite of poor weather conditions:

e.g. many people braved the elements to enjoy the attractions.

used to refer, often ironically, to a new and hopeful period in history resulting from major changes in society:

e.g. the brave new world of computing. title of a satirical novel by Aldous Huxley (1932), after Shakespeare's The Tempest (v. i. 183).

see face.

braveness noun

late 15th century: from French, from Italian bravo ‘bold’ or Spanish bravo ‘courageous, untamed, savage’, based on Latin barbarus (see barbarous).