仲介

• 読み: ちゅうかい
• ローマ字: chukai
• 漢字の分解: 仲 (chu/naka) — between, relationship; 介 (kai/suke) — mediate, intervene
• 発音: /tɕɯː.kai/

意味

Mediation; intermediation; brokerage. Acting as a go-between to facilitate a deal, negotiation, or agreement between two parties.

A noun used with する to form 仲介する (to mediate, to broker). Appears in business, legal, and diplomatic contexts. 仲介者 or 仲介人 refers to the middleman or broker. Unlike 調停 (formal arbitration), 仲介 does not necessarily carry legal authority — it simply describes the role of facilitating contact or agreement between parties.

例文

1. 不動産会社が売主と買主の仲介をして、取引がまとまった。
2. 両国間の交渉に第三国が仲介に入ることになった。
3. 仲介手数料が高すぎて、直接取引を選ぶ人も増えている。

使い方ガイド

場面: business, real estate, diplomacy, legal

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From 仲 (chu — between, relationship) and 介 (kai — to mediate, to insert between). Together they literally convey the idea of inserting oneself into the middle of a relationship to facilitate communication.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Professional