凛々しい

• 読み: りりしい
• ローマ字: ririshii
• 漢字の分解: 凛々 (riri) — reduplicated dignity/cold crispness | 凛 (rin) — cold, dignified
• 発音: /ɾi.ɾi.ɕiː/

意味

Dignified; gallant; imposing; valiant. Describes a bearing or appearance that radiates composed courage and nobility.

An i-adjective evoking the image of someone whose very posture and expression commands respect — alert, upright, and bravely composed. It is often used to describe soldiers, firefighters, traditional performers, or any figure whose dignified bearing is admirable. The word carries an aesthetic dimension beyond mere competence: it is the look of noble readiness. 凛 itself means 'cold, severe' and captures the crisp, bracing quality of true dignity.

例文

1. 制服姿の消防士の凛々しい表情が、見る者に安心感を与えた。
2. 彼女は凛々しい立ち居振る舞いで登場し、会場の視線を一身に集めた。
3. 困難に立ち向かう彼の凛々しい姿勢が、部下たちの士気を高めた。

使い方ガイド

場面: military, ceremonies, traditional arts, character description

トーン: admiring

起源と歴史

Derived from 凛 (rin — cold, crisp, dignified), reduplicated as 凛々 and suffixed with しい. The character 凛 depicts cold, sharp air — from which the sense of dignified severity and composed alertness developed.

文化的背景

時代: Classical to Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: General