ほじくる

• 読み: ほじくる
• ローマ字: hojikuru
• 発音: /ho.dʑi.kɯ.ɾɯ/

意味

To dig up; to poke into; to pry into; to pick at something persistently.

A Group 1 (godan) verb written in hiragana as it is rarely seen in kanji. The physical sense covers picking at a wound, digging in dirt, or poking into a hole. The figurative sense—persistently probing into someone's past, faults, or private matters—is common in casual speech. Carries a slightly pejorative nuance of unwelcome prying.

例文

1. 傷口をほじくるような真似は止めなさい。
2. 記者はスキャンダルの詳細をほじくり続けた。
3. 人の過去をほじくり返すのは趣味が悪い。

使い方ガイド

場面: gossip, journalism, colloquial speech, daily life

トーン: slightly negative

起源と歴史

Of uncertain origin, likely an expressive onomatopoeic formation related to poking and digging motions. The verb has equivalents in regional dialects and appears in colloquial writing from the Edo period. The figurative prying sense developed from the physical image of digging something out.

文化的背景

時代: Edo–Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal