only a comfortable home

language: ja

definitions

  1. A residence that provides physical ease, relaxation, and warmth but lacks luxury, significant wealth, or high social status.
    ja: 単なる快適な家
  2. A phrase used to minimize the importance of a residence, suggesting it is insufficient or trivial compared to other ambitions or achievements.
    ja: 単なる快適な家 (取るに足らない)

examples

  1. He has no grand estate or vast fortune; he has only a comfortable home.

    彼は壮大な邸宅も莫大な富も持っておらず、ただ快適な家があるだけだ。

  2. To the ambitious businessman, having only a comfortable home was not enough to satisfy his hunger for power.

    野心的な実業家にとって、単なる快適な家だけでは権力への渇望を満たすには不十分だった。