煩悶

• 読み: はんもん
• ローマ字: hanmon
• 漢字の分解: 煩 (han) — troubled, vexed; 悶 (mon) — anguish, writhe
• 発音: /ham.mon/

意味

Anguish; agony; tormenting worry that one cannot resolve or escape.

A literary noun describing deep internal torment caused by unresolved problems or irreconcilable desires. More intense and sustained than 悩み (worry), 煩悶 implies writhing in mental distress. It appears frequently in Meiji and Taishō-era literature and carries an elevated, introspective register suited to depicting moral or existential crisis.

例文

1. 進路を決められず、彼は長い間煩悶し続けた。
2. 恋愛と家族への責任の間で煩悶する主人公の姿が、作品の核心をなしている。
3. 彼女の煩悶は日記の随所に滲み出ていた。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, psychology, moral dilemma, introspection

トーン: introspective

起源と歴史

Compound of 煩 (troubled, vexed) and 悶 (to writhe in anguish). Both characters carry connotations of distress. The word gained wide literary use in the Meiji era as Japanese intellectuals grappled with modernisation and questions of identity.

文化的背景

時代: Meiji

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated