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To cause strain or anxiety to someone. / (law) To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain. / To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age.

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distress

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distress

IPA(Pronunciation)

/dɪˈstɹɛs/

Verb

To cause strain or anxiety to someone. / (law) To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain. / To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age.

Japanese Meaning

（人に）苦痛や不安を引き起こす / （法）債務不履行の場合に相手の所有物を差し押さえる / 新品の物に古びた印象を与える加工を施す

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The constant rumors began to distress her, making it hard to sleep.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

絶え間ない噂が彼女を不安にさせ、眠れなくなった。

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To cause strain or anxiety to someone.

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Sense（2）

(law) To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.

This power of distress, as anciently used, became as oppressive as the feudal forfeiture. It was as hard for the tenant to be stripped in an instant of all his goods, for arrears of rent, as to be turned out of the possession of his farm.

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