かすか

• 読み: かすか
• ローマ字: kasuka
• 漢字の分解: (commonly written in kana; kanji forms include 微か and 幽か)
• 発音: /ka.sɯ.ka/

意味

Faint; slight; dim; vague; subtle. Describes something barely perceptible — a sound, light, smell, or memory on the very threshold of awareness.

A na-adjective (かすかな) written in kana or as 微か / 幽か. Refers to something so faint or subtle it requires deliberate attention to notice. Extensively used in literary and poetic writing to evoke quiet, fleeting sensory experiences. Carries a delicate, often melancholic aesthetic strongly associated with the Japanese appreciation for the ephemeral.

例文

1. 窓の外からかすかな鳥のさえずりが聞こえた。
2. 部屋に入ると、かすかに香水の匂いが残っていた。
3. かすかな記憶を頼りに、幼い頃の家を探した。

使い方ガイド

場面: senses, memory, poetry, atmosphere

トーン: delicate

起源と歴史

From classical Japanese, appearing in early literature including the Pillow Book. The word captures the aesthetic concept of subtle, barely-there perception, deeply connected to the Japanese sensitivity to the ephemeral.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal