mystery

• n. 秘密、謎; 謎、神秘的なもの; 推理小説、推理劇; 秘技、秘诀として使われることが多い。

ギリシア語のmystion、神秘的な儀式、神秘的な教義、mystes、悟りを開いた人、神の霊感を受けた人、超能力者、魔術師、myein、目を閉じる、口を閉じるに由来する。もともとは宗教的な意味合いが強かったが、後に一般化し、神秘的、神秘的から派生した。

mystery

mystery: [14] Greek múein meant ‘close one’s eyes or mouth’, and hence was used figuratively for ‘keep secret’. Its association with secret initiation ceremonies inspired the formation from it of muein ‘initiate’, whose derivative mústēs meant ‘initiated person’. This in turn formed the basis of mustérion ‘secret ceremony, secret thing’, which passed into English via Latin mystērium. Also derived from mústēs was mustikós, from which ultimately English gets mystic [14] and mystical [15].
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mystery (n.1)

early 14c., in a theological sense, "religious truth via divine revelation, hidden spiritual significance, mystical truth," from Anglo-French *misterie, Old French mistere "secret, mystery, hidden meaning" (Modern French mystère), from Latin mysterium "secret rite, secret worship; a secret thing," from Greek mysterion (usually in plural mysteria) "secret rite or doctrine," from mystes "one who has been initiated," from myein "to close, shut" (see mute (adj.)); perhaps referring to the lips (in secrecy) or to the eyes (only initiates were allowed to see the sacred rites).

The Greek word was used in Septuagint for "secret counsel of God," translated in Vulgate as sacramentum. Non-theological use in English, "a hidden or secret thing," is from late 14c. In reference to the ancient rites of Greece, Egypt, etc. it is attested from 1640s. Meaning "detective story" first recorded in English 1908.

mystery (n.2)

"handicraft, trade, art" (archaic), late 14c., from Medieval Latin misterium, alteration of Latin ministerium "service, occupation, office, ministry" (see ministry), influenced in form by Medieval Latin mysterium (see mystery (n.1)) and in sense by maistrie "mastery." Now only in mystery play, in reference to the medieval performances, which often were staged by members of craft guilds. The two senses of mystery formed a common pun in (secular) Tudor theater.

1. The mystery hero imme-diately alerted police after spotting a bomb.

その無名の英雄は爆弾を発見してすぐに警察に通報した。

2.The Italian economic miracle has always been a mystery .

イタリアの経済奇跡は謎のままだった。

3.For years the teaching of acting has been shrouded in mystery .

長年にわたって演技教育は神秘のベールに包まれてきた。

4.We set out to find the truth behind the mystery .

謎の背後にある真実の解明に着手した。

5.His fourth novel is a murder mystery set in London.

彼の4作目の小説は、ロンドンで起きた謎の殺人事件を扱っている。