言い渡す

• 読み: いいわたす
• ローマ字: iiwatasu
• 漢字の分解: 言 (gen/i) — speak, declare; 渡 (to/wata) — hand over, deliver, cross
• 発音: /i.i.wa.ta.sɯ/

意味

To pronounce; to hand down (a verdict or sentence); to formally notify someone of a decision. Used in legal, medical, and institutional contexts.

A Group 1 (godan) compound verb combining 言う (to say) and 渡す (to hand over). 言い渡す implies an authoritative, formal declaration directed at a specific person — a judge pronouncing a sentence, a doctor delivering a prognosis, or a company notifying an employee of dismissal. The declaration is binding and consequential. Key collocations: 判決を言い渡す (pronounce a verdict), 解雇を言い渡す (notify of dismissal).

例文

1. 裁判官は被告に懲役三年の実刑判決を言い渡した。
2. 医師から余命六ヶ月と言い渡され、彼の人生観は一変した。
3. 突然解雇を言い渡された従業員は、不当解雇として会社を訴えた。

使い方ガイド

場面: law, medicine, business, institutions

トーン: authoritative

起源と歴史

Compound of 言う (to say) and 渡す (to hand over/deliver). The image of delivering words across from an authority figure to a recipient captures the formal, binding nature of the act.

文化的背景

時代: Contemporary

世代: Adults

社会的背景: General