心得

• 読み: こころえ
• ローマ字: kokoroe
• 漢字の分解: 心 (shin/kokoro) — heart, mind; 得 (toku/e) — gain, acquire, understand
• 発音: /ko.ko.ɾo.e/

意味

Knowledge; understanding; know-how; guiding rules or principles one should keep in mind.

A noun referring to the understanding or principles that guide one's conduct in a particular domain. Appears in titles like 社会人の心得 (rules for working adults) or 旅人の心得 (traveller's guidelines). It implies internalised wisdom rather than written regulations, emphasising personal responsibility.

例文

1. 新入社員向けに、職場での心得をまとめた冊子が配られた。
2. 剣道の心得がある人でないと、この演技の美しさは分からないだろう。
3. 最低限の心得もなく危険な山に登るのは無謀だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: workplace, martial arts, etiquette, guidance

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From the verb 心得る (kokoroeru), meaning 'to understand, to know how'. The nominalized form 心得 came to denote the accumulated knowledge and principles derived from such understanding.

文化的背景

時代: Edo–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal