来し方

• 読み: こしかた
• ローマ字: koshikata
• 漢字の分解: 来 (rai/ki) — come; 方 (hou/kata) — direction, way
• 発音: /ko.ɕi.ka.ta/

意味

The past; one's history; the path one has travelled through life.

A poetic and literary noun referring to the past, particularly one's personal history or the way one has come. It carries a reflective, nostalgic tone and is often paired with 行く末 (one's future) in classical and formal contexts. Rarely used in everyday conversation; primarily literary or oratorial.

例文

1. 老齢に達した今、自らの来し方を静かに振り返る時間ができた。
2. 来し方を思えば、ここまで生き延びられたこと自体が奇跡だと感じる。
3. 来し方行く末を見渡すような、深い洞察に満ちた文章だった。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, memoir, speeches, reflection

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From the classical verb 来 (ki, to come) in its past attributive form 来し (koshi) combined with 方 (kata, direction/way). Literally 'the direction from which one has come,' it is a native Japanese (yamato-kotoba) expression of considerable antiquity.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: Older adults

社会的背景: Educated