陥る

• 読み: おちいる
• ローマ字: ochiiru
• 漢字の分解: 陥 (kan/ochi) — fall into, cave in, pit
• 発音: /o.tɕi.i.ɾɯ/

意味

To fall into (a bad situation); to lapse into; to be caught in a trap or predicament.

A Group 1 (godan) verb conjugated as 陥ら-ない, 陥り-ます. Primarily used to describe entering negative states: 危機に陥る (fall into a crisis), パニックに陥る (fall into a panic). The subject typically has little control over the situation. Common in formal written contexts and news reporting.

例文

1. 経営判断を誤り、会社は深刻な財政危機に陥った。
2. 甘い言葉に乗せられて詐欺の罠に陥る人が後を絶たない。
3. 過労が続いた結果、彼女はうつ状態に陥ってしまった。

使い方ガイド

場面: news, business, formal writing

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 陥 depicts a pit or trap, evoking the image of falling into a hole. Used in classical texts to describe armies falling into encirclements and later extended to any unwanted predicament.

文化的背景

時代: Traditional–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated