嘲る

• 読み: あざける
• ローマ字: azakeru
• 漢字の分解: 嘲 (chō/azake) — mock, sneer, ridicule
• 発音: /a.za.ke.ɾɯ/

意味

To mock; to ridicule; to jeer at; to scoff at. Implies contemptuous derision directed at a person or their actions.

A Group 2 (ichidan) verb. 嘲る carries a stronger and more deliberate nuance than simply laughing at someone — it implies open contempt and a desire to humiliate. Often found in literary and formal writing. The related noun 嘲り (ridicule) and the compound 嘲笑 (scornful laughter) share this forceful register.

例文

1. 失敗した同僚を嘲り、笑い飛ばした上司は誰からも信頼されなかった。
2. 庶民の苦しみを嘲るような発言が、その政治家の辞任を招いた。
3. 夢を持つ人を嘲った者が、後になって後悔する話は少なくない。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, criticism, social commentary

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

The kanji 嘲 combines 口 (mouth) and 朝 (morning/dawn), though the semantic connection is debated. In classical usage it denoted taunting or sneering speech, a meaning it retains fully in modern Japanese.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated