散りばめる

• 読み: ちりばめる
• ローマ字: chiribameru
• 漢字の分解: 散 (san/chi) — to scatter, to disperse; はめる — to fit into, to embed
• 発音: /tɕi.ɾi.ba.me.ɾɯ/

意味

To stud with; to set (gems); to scatter; to intersperse elements throughout something.

A Group 2 (ichidan) verb. Originally referred to pressing precious stones into a surface, but now widely used figuratively to describe scattering or embedding elements throughout a composition — quotations in a speech, details in a design, motifs in a story. Carries a sense of deliberate, decorative arrangement.

例文

1. 宝石を散りばめたドレスが舞台に輝いていた。
2. 彼のスピーチは随所にユーモアを散りばめていた。
3. 夜空に無数の星が散りばめられているように見えた。

使い方ガイド

場面: fashion, literature, art, design

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From 散り (scattering, from 散る to scatter) and はめる (to fit, to set in). The image is of gems being pressed carefully into a surface one by one, each placed with precision.

文化的背景

時代: Classical-Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated