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Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. / A cause of such discomfort. / Serious danger.

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distress

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Source Word

distress

IPA(Pronunciation)

/dɪˈstɹɛs/

Noun

countable uncountable

Japanese Meaning

肉体的または精神的な苦痛、不快感、恐慌（特に急性の場合） / そのような苦痛や恐慌を引き起こす原因 / 重大な危険

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She called for help when she saw the child in obvious distress on the playground.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は遊び場で子どもが明らかに深刻な身体的または精神的苦痛に陥っているのを見て、助けを求めました。

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Sense（1）

Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.

To heighten his distress, he is approached by his wife, and bitterly upbraided for his perfidy in concealing from her his former connexions (with that unhappy girl who is here present with her child, the innocent offspring of her amours, fainting at the sight of his misfortunes, being unable to relieve him farther), and plunging her into those difficulties she never shall be able to surmount.

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Sense（2）

A cause of such discomfort.

Sense（3）

Serious danger.

I immediately considered that this must be some ship in distress, and that they had some comrade, or some other ship in company, and fired these gun for signals of distress, and to obtain help.

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