reprehensible
非難[批判]に値する、とがむべき =reprehensible behaviour is very bad and deserves criticism
dogmatically
教条的に *ウン??*(英辞郎)独断的に dogmatic=someone who is dogmatic is completely certain of their beliefs and expects other people to accept them without arguing
They're just exploiting the religion.
exploit
~を不当[違法]に使う[利用する・活用する] =to treat someone unfairly by asking them to do things for you, but giving them very little in return - used to show disapproval
get christened at a Shinto shrine
神社で初宮参りをする chisten~に洗礼を施す、洗礼名をつける =to officially give a child its name at a Christian religious ceremony [baptize]
married in a Christian church
キリスト教会で結婚式をあげる
buried according to Buddhist burial rites
仏式の葬儀で送られる burial
埋葬、墓所 =the act or ceremony of putting a dead body into a grave
#The burial service will take place at Happy Valley Cemetery. (英辞郎) 埋葬はハッピーバレー墓地で行われる。
rite
儀式、典礼 =a ceremony that is always performed in the same way, usually for religious purposes [ritual]
qualm
不安、気がとがめること、良心の呵責◆通例複数形で使われ、どちらかといえば話し言葉に属する。個人の心の内から生じる感情で、多くの場合、自分の行動や振る舞いに対する不安を表す 。 =[countable usually plural]a feeling of slight worry or doubt because you are not sure that what you are doing is right:
They're taking vows on the Bible!
聖書に誓う
convert
改宗者 =(noun)someone who has been persuaded to change their beliefs and accept a particular religion or opinion
Never looked at it that way.
そんな風に考えたことはなかった
☆Zero in on the lesson☆ AというよりむしろB
crafty
悪知恵が働く、ずる賢い =good at getting what you want by clever planning and by secretly deceiving people [= cunning, sly]
#The crafty fox stole eggs without Farmer Bob knowing. (英辞郎) 農夫のボブの気づかないうちに悪賢いキツネが卵を盗んでいった。
これは試合というよりはけんかです。 This is not so much a game as a fight.
☆Vocabulary for the topic☆
embrace
〔教義を〕奉じる =to eagerly accept a new idea, opinion, religion etc The way the Japanese people embrace their religions
日本人の宗教の信仰のしかた
transcend
(限界などを)超える、~を超越する =to go beyond the usual limits of something religious enlightenment transcends our rational understanding
宗教的悟りは知的理解を超越している(((???))))
#The desire for peace transcended political differences.(LDOCE)
<訳・例文は英辞郎およびLDOCE (LongmanDictionary of Contemporary English)より引用しています>