浴びせる

• 読み: あびせる
• ローマ字: abiseru
• 漢字の分解: 浴 (yoku/a) — bathe, shower, be drenched
• 発音: /a.bi.se.ɾɯ/

意味

To pour or shower something onto someone; to heap (criticism, praise, or abuse) upon a person. Used both literally and figuratively.

A Group 2 (ichidan) verb, the transitive causative form of 浴びる (to bathe in, to be showered with). In the literal sense it means pouring liquid onto someone. Figuratively, it is very commonly used to express directing an overwhelming quantity of something — usually criticism, insults, or cheers — at a person. The subject is typically a group or the passive construction is used.

例文

1. 記者会見で大臣は厳しい批判を浴びせられ、顔色が変わった。
2. ゴールを決めた選手に、スタジアム中のファンが大声援を浴びせた。
3. 彼は相手に罵声を浴びせ続け、周囲の人々を唖然とさせた。

使い方ガイド

場面: media, sports, criticism, daily life

トーン: intense

起源と歴史

Transitive form of 浴びる, which itself derives from 浴 (yoku), meaning to bathe or be drenched. The addition of せる creates a causative-transitive construction, making someone else the recipient of the shower.

文化的背景

時代: Contemporary

世代: All ages

社会的背景: General