不埒

• 読み: ふらち
• ローマ字: furachi
• 漢字の分解: 不 (fu) — negation; 埒 (rachi) — enclosure, proper limit
• 発音: /ɸɯɾatɕi/

意味

Outrageous; lawless; scandalous; flagrantly improper or insolent.

A na-adjective used in formal or literary Japanese to condemn behaviour that blatantly violates propriety, law, or decency. It is stronger than mere rudeness and carries a moral condemnation. 不埒な輩 (outrageous ruffians) and 不埒な振る舞い (scandalous conduct) are representative collocations found in official reprimands and classical texts.

例文

1. 不埒な振る舞いは厳しく戒められるべきだと有識者会議で指摘された。
2. 客に対して不埒な言葉を浴びせた従業員は即日解雇となった。
3. 不埒な輩が公共の場で迷惑行為を繰り返している。

使い方ガイド

場面: legal, social criticism, classical literature, journalism

トーン: condemnatory

起源と歴史

Compound of 不 (not) and 埒 (fence, enclosure, limit). 埒 refers to the railing around a horse-racing track and by extension to proper limits or boundaries. 不埒 means transgressing those boundaries — acting without regard for established norms.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal