韻律

• 読み: いんりつ
• ローマ字: inritsu
• 漢字の分解: 韻 (in) — rhyme, resonance | 律 (ritsu) — rule, rhythm
• 発音: /iɴ.ɾi.tsɯ/

意味

Metre; rhythm; prosody. The organised pattern of sound, stress, and timing that gives poetry its musical quality.

A noun used in both poetry and music to describe the underlying rhythmic structure of a composition. In Japanese poetry, 韻律 often refers to the syllabic count patterns (五七五、五七五七七) that define forms such as haiku and tanka. In broader literary criticism, it encompasses any systematic sound patterning — stress patterns in Western verse, tonal patterns in Classical Chinese poetry. 韻律学 (prosody as a field of study) analyses these patterns systematically.

例文

1. 和歌の韻律は五七五七七の音数によって厳格に整えられている。
2. 詩を声に出して読むと、その韻律の美しさが一層際立つ。
3. 現代詩の中には意図的に韻律を崩すことで独自の緊張感を生み出すものがある。

使い方ガイド

場面: poetry, music theory, literary criticism, linguistics

トーン: academic

起源と歴史

Compound of 韻 (in) meaning 'rhyme, sound, resonance' and 律 (ritsu) meaning 'rule, law, rhythm'. The character 律 originally referred to a musical pitch pipe used to standardise tuning — an apt image for regulated rhythmic structure.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated