John & Yoko & meと題されたReader's Digest 5月号の記事は、著者が１６才の時に学校新聞の記事のために１９６９年のJohn & YokoによるBed-In現場に潜入した事を書いたものです。著者は回想のためにそのBed-Inのあったホテルを訪ねました。
The present head of security, John Williams, was curious how I'd got past the security. I retraced my youthful steps up service lifts and back stairwells to the 17th floor. I marvelled at my chutzpah and wished I had more of it today.
上の文に出て来る "chutzpah" はYiddish（あるいはその由来の）で、いわゆる "pop word" の範疇に入る言葉だと言う事は覚えていますが、肝心な意味が直ぐに出て来ません。しかたがないので辞書を引きます。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: approving : personal confidence or courage that allows someone to do or say things that may seem shocking to others: It took a lot of chutzpah [=nerve] to stand up to him the way she did.
・Oxford English Dictionary: extreme self-confidence or audacity (usually used approvingly): love him or hate him, you have to admire Cohen's chutzpah.
・American Heritage Dictionary: Yiddish term for courage bordering on arrogance, roughly equivalent to “nerve” (in the slang sense): “It took a lot of chutzpah to make such a controversial statement.”
・Yahoo! Education: Utter nerve; effrontery: "has the chutzpah to claim a lock on God and morality"
厚かましさ、ずうずうしさを意味している様ですが、日本語の大胆にも言える様に "usually used approvingly" のニュアンスを持っているので Pop Wordになっているのでしょう。
The present head of security, John Williams, was curious how I'd got past the security. I retraced my youthful steps up service lifts and back stairwells to the 17th floor. I marvelled at my chutzpah and wished I had more of it today.
上の文に出て来る "chutzpah" はYiddish（あるいはその由来の）で、いわゆる "pop word" の範疇に入る言葉だと言う事は覚えていますが、肝心な意味が直ぐに出て来ません。しかたがないので辞書を引きます。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: approving : personal confidence or courage that allows someone to do or say things that may seem shocking to others: It took a lot of chutzpah [=nerve] to stand up to him the way she did.
・Oxford English Dictionary: extreme self-confidence or audacity (usually used approvingly): love him or hate him, you have to admire Cohen's chutzpah.
・American Heritage Dictionary: Yiddish term for courage bordering on arrogance, roughly equivalent to “nerve” (in the slang sense): “It took a lot of chutzpah to make such a controversial statement.”
・Yahoo! Education: Utter nerve; effrontery: "has the chutzpah to claim a lock on God and morality"
厚かましさ、ずうずうしさを意味している様ですが、日本語の大胆にも言える様に "usually used approvingly" のニュアンスを持っているので Pop Wordになっているのでしょう。
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