tedium

• n. 鈍さ、単調さ、退屈。

ラテン語のtaedium（長い、退屈）から。

tedium (n.)

"tediousness," 1660s, from Latin taedium "weariness, irksomeness, disgust," related to taedet "it is wearisome, it excites loathing," and to taedere "to weary," of uncertain origin. Possible cognates are Old Church Slavonic te?o, Lithuanian tingiu "to be dull, be listless."

1. It was another day of mind-numbing tedium .

またしびれた単調で味気ない日だった。

2.She longed for something to relieve the tedium of everyday life.

彼女は日常生活の中の悩みを解消することができることを渇望している。

3.We played games to relieve the tedium of the journey.

私たちはゲームをして、旅行の退屈さを解消します。

4.She began to wonder whether she wouldn 't go mad with the tedium of the job.

彼女は退屈な仕事に気が狂うのではないかと疑い始めた。

5.In myself I could observe the following sources of tedium .

私自身から、私が観察した煩悶の根源は次のようなものがあります。