テレビ

• 読み: テレビ
• ローマ字: terebi
• 漢字の分解: From English 'television' → テレビジョン → abbreviated to テレビ
• 発音: /te.ɾe.bi/

意味

Television — the universally used Japanese abbreviation of テレビジョン, now the standard word for TV.

テレビ is one of the oldest and most completely naturalised abbreviations in Japanese. Originally shortened from テレビジョン (terebijon, from English 'television'), it has fully replaced the original form in everyday use. No one in modern Japan says テレビジョン in casual speech. It can refer to both the physical device and TV programming in general.

例文

1. 今日テレビで何か面白いのやってる？
2. テレビばっかり見てないで勉強しなさい。
3. 最近テレビよりYouTubeばっか見てるわ。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily conversation, family, any context

トーン: neutral, everyday

正しい言い方

• テレビつけて、ニュース見たい。 (Turn on the TV, I want to watch the news.)
• テレビ離れが進んでるって言われてるよね。 (They say people are moving away from TV.)

避ける言い方

• 「テレビジョン」と言う (Don't say テレビジョン in conversation — it sounds extremely dated and formal)

よくある間違い

• Thinking テレビ is slang — it is now the standard, neutral word for television
• Using テレビジョン thinking it sounds more proper — it actually sounds awkward in modern Japanese

起源と歴史

Abbreviated from テレビジョン (terebijon), the Japanese transliteration of English 'television.' Adopted during the spread of television in Japan in the 1950s. The abbreviation became so standard that the full form is virtually unused.

文化的背景

時代: 1950s, universally adopted

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal

地域メモ: Used across all of Japan by all demographics. One of the most successful abbreviations in the language — completely replaced the full form.