滑稽

• 読み: こっけい
• ローマ字: kokkei
• 漢字の分解: 滑 (katsu/suberu) — slide, slippery; 稽 (kei) — think, consider (historical sense: comical)
• 発音: /ko.kːeː/

意味

Funny; comical; ridiculous; absurd. Refers to something that is laughable, either intentionally amusing or unintentionally ridiculous.

A na-adjective that can describe both deliberate comedy (a comedian's act) and situations that are absurd or undignified. In literary and critical contexts, 滑稽 often implies gentle mockery or satire rather than harsh ridicule. Also used as a noun, as in 滑稽話 (a comic tale).

例文

1. 豪雨の中で傘もなく走り回る姿は滑稽に映っただろう。
2. 彼の滑稽な演技が観客の笑いを誘い、場が和んだ。
3. 権力者が些細なミスで慌てふためく様子は、どこか滑稽だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, humour, criticism, theatre

トーン: ironic

起源と歴史

Borrowed from Chinese 滑稽, originally referring to a vessel that never empties — used at banquets to describe an endless flow of jokes. Over time it came to mean comical or absurd in Japanese.

文化的背景

時代: Edo Period

世代: Adults

社会的背景: General