pastoral

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈpæs.tə.ɹəl/

Noun

Japanese Meaning

牧歌：牧羊者の生活や風習を理想化して描いた詩、あるいはその形式の詩。 / 田園詩：田園風景や農村生活を題材とする詩作品。

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She spent her afternoons reading a pastoral that evoked fields, flocks, and the quiet rhythms of shepherd life.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は午後を、羊飼いの生活や風習を描いた詩を読みながら過ごし、その詩は野原や羊の群れ、そして静かな営みを思い起こさせた。

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Sense（1）

Ethel was silent from surprise: she had prepared herself for anger—even sorrow; but ridicule left her without an answer. What could she say to a hearer, who only smiled, and to whom emotion was only a scene in a pastoral?

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Sense（2）

(music) A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life.

Sense（3）

Sense（4）

(religion, Christianity) A letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.

pastorals

（ plural ）

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