冷徹

• 読み: れいてつ
• ローマ字: reitetsu
• 漢字の分解: 冷 (rei) — cold, cool; 徹 (tetsu) — penetrate, thorough
• 発音: /ɾeːtet͡sɯ/

意味

Cool and clear-headed; dispassionate; penetrating. Describing clear-eyed judgement unobscured by emotion.

A na-adjective (and noun) describing someone who analyses situations with cold lucidity, stripping away sentiment to reach an accurate conclusion. Can be admiring (someone capable of hard decisions) or slightly chilling (someone emotionally detached). 冷徹な目 (冷徹な視点) — a clear-eyed perspective — is a common collocation.

例文

1. 冷徹な分析により、感情的な意見が退けられた。
2. 彼女は冷徹な判断力でチームを危機から救った。
3. その評論家は冷徹な筆致で芸術作品の矛盾を解剖した。

使い方ガイド

場面: business, criticism, character description, analysis

トーン: admiring

起源と歴史

From 冷 (cold, cool) and 徹 (penetrate thoroughly). The combination evokes a coolness that cuts through to the core — an intellect unwarmed by sentiment that sees exactly what is there.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated