該博

Japanese JLPT N1 Vocabulary Japanese ★ 1/5 formal がいはくgaihaku
読み がいはく
ローマ字 gaihaku
漢字の分解 該 (gai) — covering, pertaining to; 博 (haku) — broad, extensive, learned
発音 /ɡai.ha.kɯ/

意味

Encyclopaedic; extensive and wide-ranging (knowledge). Used to describe someone whose learning covers an unusually broad range of fields.

A na-adjective meaning profound breadth of knowledge across many domains. Unlike 博識 (wide knowledge), 該博 emphasises comprehensiveness and thoroughness. It often appears in written evaluations of scholars or in literary descriptions of intellectual figures, and carries a tone of admiration.

例文

  1. 彼女の該博な知識に、聴衆は圧倒された。
  2. 該博な学識を持つ学者は、どの分野でも一目置かれる。
  3. 師匠の該博ぶりに、弟子たちは畏敬の念を抱いた。

使い方ガイド

場面: academic writing, literary criticism, biography

トーン: admiring

起源と歴史

Sino-Japanese compound. 該 carries the sense of 'covering' or 'encompassing', and 博 means 'broad' or 'extensive'. Together they express knowledge that comprehensively covers a wide range.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Academic/Literary

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