fate

fate
あんき 安危
いんねん 因縁
うんき 運気
うんめい 運命
しゅくめい 宿命
ひうん 悲運
めいうん 命運
ゆくすえ 行末
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/féit/ (同音fete)〔「(神によって)語られたこと, 予言」が原義〕〈派〉fatal(形), fatality(名)
〖名〗(複~s/féits/)
1 [しばしばF~] 〖U〗 (人知を越えた絶対不可避の)運命の力《◆destiny, doomより口語的》

by the irony of ~ 運命のいたずらにより

It was ~. そういう運命だったのさ

She hoped to be his wife, but ~ had decided otherwise. 彼女は彼の妻になれると思っていたが, 運命はそうはさせなかった.

2 〖C〗 [通例one's ~] (個人・集団の)運命, 運(doom)

accept one's ~ without bitterness 素直に自分の運命に従う

decide [fix, seal] his ~ 彼の(悪い)運命を決する

abandon [leave] him to his ~ 彼を見捨てる.

3 〖C〗 [通例a/one's ~] (人・法案などの)究極的運命, 末路; 死, 破滅

go to [meet] one's ~ 最期を遂げる, 破滅する.

4 [the Fates]〔ギ神・ロ神〕運命の三女神(the fatal sisters)《◆生命の糸を紡ぐClotho, 糸の長さを決めるLachesis, 糸を切るAtropos》.
(suffer) a fate worse than death
((略式))[おおげさに] (死ぬ方がましなくらいの)つらい[いやな]経験(をする); 犯されて処女を失う経験(をする).
tempt fate [the fates]
運命をあえてためす, 命知らずの危険を冒す.

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