岬

• 読み: みさき
• ローマ字: misaki
• 漢字の分解: 岬 (misaki) — cape, promontory (kokuji combining 山 and 甲)
• 発音: /mi.sa.ki/

意味

Cape; headland; promontory; point. A narrow piece of land projecting into a body of water, typically ending in a sharp tip.

A yamato kotoba noun written with a kokuji character combining 山 and 甲, suggesting a prominent feature projecting from land. Japan's heavily indented coastline features many famous 岬, such as 室戸岬 and 潮岬. The word carries strong literary and poetic associations, frequently appearing in travel writing, verse, and fiction as a symbol of solitude, the horizon, and the boundary between land and sea.

例文

1. 荒波に削られた岬の先端には、孤独な灯台が静かに立っていた。
2. 晴れた日には、あの岬から水平線の彼方まで見渡すことができる。
3. 岬の断崖絶壁から飛び込む地元の若者たちの姿が夏の風物詩となっている。

使い方ガイド

場面: geography, coastal navigation, literary description

トーン: descriptive

起源と歴史

Native Japanese word (yamato kotoba). The kanji 岬 is a kokuji character combining 山 (mountain/land) and 甲 (a prominent protrusion), visually suggesting land pushing out into the sea.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal