口幅ったい

• 読み: くちはばったい
• ローマ字: kuchihabattai
• 漢字の分解: 口 (kuchi) — mouth; 幅 (haba) — width, breadth
• 発音: /kɯ.tɕi.ha.bat.ta.i/

意味

Presumptuous; impudent; bold in speech. Describes saying something beyond one's station or speaking with more confidence than one's position warrants.

An i-adjective suggesting that one's mouth is 'too wide' — i.e., one speaks with greater authority than is appropriate. Frequently used self-deprecatingly in formal or polite contexts: 口幅ったいことを申しますが (I know it is presumptuous of me to say, but…). It acknowledges the potential impertinence of speaking boldly while still proceeding.

例文

1. 口幅ったいことを言うようですが、この計画には根本的な欠陥があります。
2. まだ新人の私が口幅ったいとは思いながらも、意見を述べさせていただきます。
3. 先輩に向かってそんな口幅ったいことを言うのは礼儀に欠ける。

使い方ガイド

場面: formal speech, self-deprecating prefaces, hierarchical settings

トーン: deferential yet assertive

起源と歴史

Compound of 口幅 (kuchihaba — breadth of one's mouth/speech) and ったい, a suffix intensifying the adjective. The image is of a mouth that is too wide — speaking beyond what one's position allows.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Professional/Academic