あやふや

(1) 全く確立していないまだ未決定であるか未知の(not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown; "an uncertain future"; "a manuscript of uncertain origin"; "plans are still uncertain"; "changes of great if uncertain consequences"; "without further evidence his story must remain uncertain")(not established beyond doubt)(still undecided or unknown)

⇒更なる証拠なしでは、彼の話は不確かなままである(still undecided or unknown)

(2) 明快さまたは特異性が不足しているさま(lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood")(lacking clarity or distinctness)

⇒幼年期に関するいくつかのかすかな記憶(lacking clarity or distinctness)

(3) 正確に制限、決定または区別されない(not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished; "an undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined sense of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a vague uneasiness")(not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished)

⇒漠然とした不安(not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished)

(4) 明確に理解されないか、または表現されない(not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke)(not clearly understood or expressed)

⇒あいまいさ、説法の形体は、科学の謎のために長らく受け継がれた―ジョン・ロック(not clearly understood or expressed)

(5) どんな固有のまたは客観的な意味も持っていないさま一般的なパターンで構成されていない(having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns; "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots")(having no intrinsic or objective meaning)(not organized in conventional patterns)

⇒あいまいなインクの染み(not organized in conventional patterns)

(6) あいまいな、はっきりと定義されないまたは述べられない(vague or not clearly defined or stated; "must you be so indefinite?"; "amorphous blots of color having vague and indefinite edges"; "he would not answer so indefinite a proposal")(vague or not clearly defined or stated)

⇒彼はその提案を不明確に答えない(vague or not clearly defined or stated)

(7) 信用または保証が足りない、または足りないことを示している(lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance; "uncertain of his convictions"; "unsure of himself and his future"; "moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps"; "an uncertain smile"; "touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers")(lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance)

⇒ためらいがちな指でその飾りに触れた(lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance)