憤慨

• 読み: ふんがい
• ローマ字: fungai
• 漢字の分解: 憤 (fun) — indignant, resentful; 慨 (gai) — lament, feel strongly
• 発音: /ɸɯŋ.gai/

意味

Indignation; outrage; feeling deeply and righteously angry at injustice or misconduct.

A noun (also 憤慨する as a suru verb) expressing strong moral anger, typically directed at perceived unfairness, misconduct, or disrespect. Unlike 怒り (anger in general), 憤慨 carries a sense of righteous indignation — the anger is warranted by the circumstances. Common in formal speech, political commentary, and journalism.

例文

1. 不正な審判に観客は憤慨し、スタジアムはブーイングで沸いた。
2. 彼は政府の隠蔽体質に憤慨して、記者会見で声を荒げた。
3. 理不尽な扱いを受けた市民たちの憤慨が、やがて抗議運動へと発展した。

使い方ガイド

場面: politics, injustice, public reaction, confrontation

トーン: intense

起源と歴史

Compound of 憤 (indignant, resentful) and 慨 (to lament, to feel strongly). Both characters convey emotional force directed at injustice, and together they form a word specifically for moral fury.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal