情景

• 読み: じょうけい
• ローマ字: jōkei
• 漢字の分解: 情 (jō) — feeling, emotion; 景 (kei) — scene, view
• 発音: /dʑoː.keː/

意味

Scene; spectacle; a view or sight that evokes a strong emotional impression.

Unlike the neutral 光景 (scene/view), 情景 implies that the scene carries emotional resonance — the feeling and the scenery are intertwined. This fusion of inner emotion and outer landscape reflects the Japanese aesthetic notion related to 物の哀れ (pathos of things). Frequently used in literary description and poetry to evoke a scene inseparable from the mood it conjures.

例文

1. 山頂から見下ろす雲海の情景は、言葉では表しきれないほど美しかった。
2. 夕暮れ時の漁村の情景を、詩人は静かな言葉でつぶさに描き出した。
3. 幼い頃の情景がふとよみがえり、胸に懐かしさが広がった。

使い方ガイド

場面: poetry, fiction, literary description

トーン: poetic

起源と歴史

Compound of 情 (jō, feeling/emotion) and 景 (kei, scene/view). The combination captures the Japanese aesthetic notion that a scene is inseparable from the emotional response it evokes, a concept related to classical poetic ideals of 感情 and 自然 in harmony.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated