🎭irony (アイロニー)

意味

a situation that is strange or amusing because it is the opposite of what is expected; the use of words to convey the opposite meaning

意味の翻訳

期待されることとは逆の理由で奇妙または面白い状況；意味を反対に伝えるための言葉の使用

kitai sareru koto to wa gyaku no riyū de kimyō mata wa omoshiroi jōkyō; imi o hantai ni tsutaeru tame no kotoba no shiyō

例文

The irony of the situation was that the winner forgot his own prize.

その状況の皮肉は、勝者が自分の賞を忘れたことでした。

Sono jōkyō no hiniku wa, shōsha ga jibun no shō o wasureta koto deshita.

表現例

the irony is

皮肉とは

hiniku to wa

同義語

sarcasm, paradox, mockery, satire

対義語

sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness

コロケーション

sense of irony, bitter irony, cruel irony, situational irony