薫陶

Japanese JLPT N1 Vocabulary Japanese ★★ 2/5 formal くんとうkuntou
読み くんとう
ローマ字 kuntou
漢字の分解 薫 (kun) — fragrance, gradual permeation; 陶 (tou) — pottery, moulding, formation
発音 /kɯɴ.toː/

意味

Education; edification; mentoring; the gradual formation of a person's character and abilities through the sustained influence of a teacher or environment.

A noun with strong connotations of gradual, holistic influence on a person's character and intellect — more like cultivation than instruction. The metaphor comes from two processes: fragrance (薫) gradually permeating and perfuming, and pottery (陶) being slowly shaped on a wheel. Used almost exclusively in the form 薫陶を受ける (to receive someone's edifying influence) and appears in formal biographies, eulogies, and ceremonial speeches.

例文

  1. 彼は若い頃に著名な教授の薫陶を受け、学者としての基礎を培った。
  2. 薫陶という言葉には、長い年月をかけて人格を形成するという意味合いがある。
  3. 親から受けた薫陶は、成人後もその人の価値観の根幹をなす。

使い方ガイド

場面: biography, education, ceremonial speech, eulogy

トーン: respectful

起源と歴史

Sino-Japanese compound. 薫 means 'fragrance, to perfume gradually' and 陶 means 'pottery, to mould clay'. Both metaphors describe slow, pervasive shaping — of scent through a room, of clay on a wheel — applied to the formation of human character.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Academic/Professional

関連フレーズ

仮名 Kana; the Japanese phonetic syllabary comprising hiragana and katakana, developed from simplified Chinese characters. 侘び寂び Wabi-sabi; a Japanese aesthetic that finds beauty in imperfection, incompleteness, and transience. An appreciation for the humble, weathered, and irregular. 俳句 Haiku; a traditional Japanese poem of 17 syllables in three lines (5-7-5), typically evoking nature, a season, and a single vivid moment. 入門 Introduction; a primer or entry into a field of study. Also: the formal act of becoming a disciple under a master in a traditional art. 和歌 Waka; traditional Japanese poetry, particularly the tanka form with a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure. The classical poetic tradition of Japan as distinguished from Chinese verse. 和紙 Washi; traditional handmade Japanese paper crafted from plant fibres such as kozo (mulberry). A material central to Japanese literary, artistic, and cultural heritage. 四字熟語 A four-character idiom; a compound of four kanji forming a fixed idiomatic expression, often of Chinese origin. Known in English as yojijukugo. 常用漢字 Jōyō kanji; the official list of commonly used Chinese characters in contemporary Japanese.
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