ゲッソリ

• 読み: ゲッソリ
• ローマ字: gessori
• 発音: /ɡes.so.ɾi/

意味

Looking haggard, gaunt, or visibly drained — having lost weight or vitality from exhaustion, illness, or stress.

ゲッソリ describes the visible physical deterioration from illness, extreme stress, overwork, or grief. Sunken cheeks, dark circles, dramatic weight loss — the kind of change that makes people say 'what happened to you?' It's exclusively about appearance and always implies something negative happened. ゲッソリ痩せた means having lost an alarming amount of weight, not the healthy kind of slim.

例文

1. 入院してゲッソリ痩せちゃったね。
2. 徹夜続きでゲッソリした顔してるよ。
3. 受験のストレスでゲッソリしてた。

使い方ガイド

場面: health, appearance, exhaustion, illness

トーン: concerned, shocked, sympathetic

正しい言い方

• ゲッソリしてるけど大丈夫？ (You look gaunt, are you okay?)
• 夏バテでゲッソリ痩せた (I got haggard from summer fatigue)

避ける言い方

• 健康的に痩せた人に「ゲッソリ」は失礼 (Telling someone who lost weight healthily that they look 'gessori' is rude — it implies sickly thinness)

よくある間違い

• Using ゲッソリ as a positive weight loss comment — it always implies unhealthy, alarming deterioration
• Confusing ゲッソリ with グッタリ — ゲッソリ is about appearance (looking gaunt) while グッタリ is about energy (being drained)

起源と歴史

Japanese mimetic word (擬態語) expressing the visual impression of someone whose vitality has been drained. The ゲッ beginning has a slightly startling quality, matching the shock of seeing someone visibly diminished.

文化的背景

時代: Traditional onomatopoeia

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal

地域メモ: Used across all of Japan. Common in medical and health contexts when describing a patient's deteriorated appearance.