傀儡

• 読み: かいらい
• ローマ字: kairai
• 漢字の分解: 傀 (kai) — puppet, strange figure; 儡 (rai) — puppet, marionette
• 発音: /ka.i.ɾa.i/

意味

Puppet; figurehead; marionette. A person or state controlled by an outside power.

Originally a term for a puppet or marionette, 傀儡 is used figuratively in political discourse to describe a leader or government that appears autonomous but is actually controlled by an external power or hidden force. Common examples include 傀儡政権 (puppet government) and 傀儡国家 (puppet state), as seen in discussions of Manchukuo or Cold War satellite states.

例文

1. 傀儡政権は名目上独立していたが、実権は占領国に握られていた。
2. 彼は表向き代表を務めているが、実際は大株主の傀儡に過ぎないと言われている。
3. 傀儡国家の成立は、国際社会から強く非難された。

使い方ガイド

場面: politics, history, international relations, corporate

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

From Chinese kuǐlěi, originally referring to marionette puppets. In Japanese, 傀儡 entered literary use in classical texts and later took on the political metaphor of being controlled like a puppet.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal