来歴

Japanese JLPT N1 Vocabulary Japanese ★★ 2/5 formal らいれきraireki
読み らいれき
ローマ字 raireki
漢字の分解 来 (rai/ku) — come, arrive, future; 歴 (reki) — pass through, history, chronicle
発音 /ɾai.ɾe.ki/

意味

History; background; origin; pedigree. The record of how something or someone came to be what they are today.

来歴 refers to the documented or traceable history of a person, object, institution, or concept — how it came to exist and how it arrived at its current state. Commonly used when discussing the provenance of an artwork (作品の来歴), the background of a person (人物の来歴), or the origin of a custom (風習の来歴). Slightly more formal than 経歴 (personal career history) and broader in scope — 来歴 encompasses origin stories as well as subsequent development.

例文

  1. この刀の来歴は江戸時代に遡り、数人の武士の手を経て現在に至る。
  2. 博物館の展示では、各作品の来歴が詳しく説明されていた。
  3. 彼の来歴を知れば、なぜその仕事にそこまで情熱を持つのかが理解できる。

使い方ガイド

場面: history, art, biography, provenance

トーン: analytical

起源と歴史

Compound of 来 (coming, arriving) + 歴 (passing through, history, record). Together they describe the record of how something travelled through time to arrive at the present.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: Adults (academic)

社会的背景: Academic/Professional

関連フレーズ

年度 Fiscal year; academic year; official year. A defined annual period used for administrative, educational, or financial purposes, often not aligned with the calendar year. 昭和 The Shōwa era; the imperial reign period of Emperor Hirohito, spanning 1926 to 1989. One of the longest and most historically eventful eras in Japanese history. 歴史的 Historic; historical. Describes something of great historical significance, or something related to history in general. 元号 Era name; the official name given to a reign period in the Japanese imperial system. Japan currently uses the era Reiwa, which began in 2019. 干支 The Chinese zodiac; the traditional sexagenary cycle combining the ten Heavenly Stems and twelve Earthly Branches. Also used colloquially to refer to one's zodiac animal sign. 年号 Era name; Japanese era designation. An official name given to a reign period in the traditional Japanese calendar system. 年度末 End of the fiscal year or academic year; year-end in the Japanese administrative calendar. Typically refers to late March. 戦前 Pre-war; the period before a war. In Japanese, typically refers to Japan before World War II, particularly before 1937 or 1941.
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