west egg

language: ja

definitions

  1. A fictional peninsula on Long Island in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel 'The Great Gatsby', inhabited by the 'nouveau riche'.
    ja: 『グレート・ギャツビー』の架空の地
  2. A symbolic term representing the 'nouveau riche' or people who have recently acquired wealth, often contrasted with established social classes.
    ja: 新興富裕層の象徴

examples

  1. Gatsby lived in a magnificent mansion in West Egg.

    ギャツビーはウエスト・エッグの壮大な邸宅に住んでいた。

  2. In literature, West Egg serves as a metaphor for the nouveau riche.

    文学において、ウエスト・エッグは新興富裕層の比喩として機能する。