RT

• 読み: アールティー
• ローマ字: āru tī
• 漢字の分解: Abbreviation of リツイート (ritsūīto, from English 'retweet')
• 発音: /ā.ru.tī/

意味

Retweet or repost — sharing someone else's post to your own timeline so your followers can see it.

RT stands for リツイート (retweet) and is the primary way content spreads on Twitter/X. In Japanese internet culture, RT is also used loosely to mean 'I agree' or 'same here' — quoting someone's statement and adding RT to endorse it. The act of retweeting is considered a form of support or signal-boosting, and high RT counts indicate popular or controversial content.

例文

1. この投稿めっちゃいいからRTして広めよう。
2. 朝起きたらRTが1000超えてて驚いた。
3. 面白いと思ったらRTお願いします！

使い方ガイド

場面: Twitter/X, social media

トーン: sharing, endorsing

正しい言い方

• この情報大事だからRTして！ (This info is important, so please retweet!)
• RT数やばいことになってるね。 (The retweet count is insane.)

避ける言い方

• 内容を確認せずにRTする (Don't RT without checking the content — spreading misinformation is frowned upon)

よくある間違い

• Using RT on platforms that don't have retweet functionality — on Instagram, the equivalent is repost or share
• Not understanding that RT can also mean 'I agree' in text conversations outside of Twitter

起源と歴史

From Twitter's 'retweet' feature, abbreviated as RT. Adopted directly into Japanese internet vocabulary when Twitter became hugely popular in Japan from around 2010.

文化的背景

時代: Early 2010s, tied to Twitter's popularity in Japan

世代: All social media users

社会的背景: Twitter/X users

地域メモ: Japan has one of the largest Twitter/X user bases globally. RT culture is deeply ingrained in Japanese social media habits.