蒸し返す

• 読み: むしかえす
• ローマ字: mushikaesu
• 漢字の分解: 蒸 (jō/mu) — steam, sultry; 返 (hen/kae) — to return, to repeat
• 発音: /mɯ.ɕi.ka.e.sɯ/

意味

To reheat by steaming; to bring up again; to revive a settled issue or old argument unnecessarily.

A Group 1 (godan) verb. Literally means to steam something again, as in reheating food. The figurative sense — reopening a closed matter or rehashing a past grievance — is far more common at N1 level. Used with a critical tone when someone insists on revisiting what had been resolved.

例文

1. 解決済みの問題を蒸し返すのはやめてほしい。
2. 彼女は何かというとあの件を蒸し返して責め立てる。
3. 古い議論を蒸し返したところで何も変わらない。

使い方ガイド

場面: arguments, interpersonal relationships, criticism

トーン: critical

起源と歴史

Compound of 蒸し (steaming) and 返す (to return, to do again). The image is of reheating leftovers — bringing something old back to life, often unwantedly.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Middle-aged and older

社会的背景: Universal