English Dictionary

Jonah

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈd͡ʒoʊnə/

名詞

俗語 広義

(nautical, slang) A person who brings a ship bad luck. / (slang, by extension) Any person or object which is deemed to cause bad luck; a jinx.

日本語の意味

船に不運をもたらす人物。（船乗りの俗語での意味） / 不運をもたらすと考えられている人物や物体。（拡大された俗語の意味）

After three unlucky incidents at sea, the crew refused to let Jonah aboard, convinced he was a Jonah who brought bad luck to the ship.

海上で三度不運な出来事が起きた後、乗組員はその男を乗せることを拒み、彼が船に不運をもたらす者だと確信していた。

意味（1）

(nautical, slang) A person who brings a ship bad luck.

Superstitious sailors regarded a clergyman as an unlucky shipmate, a Jonah whose presence would never be welcome.

意味（2）

(slang, by extension) Any person or object which is deemed to cause bad luck; a jinx.

‘My first agent, and he's dead. It's incredible. I feel like a complete Jonah.’

Jonahs （ plural ）