慣用句

• 読み: かんようく
• ローマ字: kanyouku
• 漢字の分解: 慣 (kan) — accustomed, habitual; 用 (yo) — use, function; 句 (ku) — phrase, clause
• 発音: /kan.joː.kɯ/

意味

Idiomatic expression; a set phrase whose meaning cannot be derived from the individual words. A fixed expression used in established contexts.

A linguistic noun for fixed phrases (idioms) that have an established, often non-literal meaning. For example, 足を引っ張る literally means 'to pull someone's foot' but idiomatically means 'to hold someone back.' 慣用句 are essential vocabulary for reading literary and journalistic Japanese and are a regular focus of Japanese language tests.

例文

1. 日本語には慣用句が多く、直訳しても意味が通じないことが多い。
2. その慣用句の由来を調べると、歴史的な背景が見えてくる。
3. 慣用句を使いこなすことで、より自然な日本語が話せるようになる。

使い方ガイド

場面: linguistics, language learning, literary study

トーン: academic

起源と歴史

From 慣用 (habitual use, customary) and 句 (phrase, clause). Together they describe a phrase used in a habitual or established way that carries fixed meaning.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal