戦慄

• 読み: せんりつ
• ローマ字: senritsu
• 漢字の分解: 戦 (sen/tataka/furu) — to tremble, war; 慄 (ritsu/oso) — to tremble, shudder
• 発音: /se̞ɴɾitsɯ/

意味

Shudder; shiver; trembling with horror or awe. An involuntary physical trembling caused by intense fear, dread, or overwhelming emotion.

A formal noun and する-verb (戦慄する). Describes the physical sensation of trembling induced by extreme fear, horror, or overwhelming emotion. Common in literary descriptions of confronting something terrifying — a villain's cruelty, a natural disaster, a shocking revelation. Also used metaphorically to describe the response to profound beauty or power. The collocation 戦慄を覚える (to feel a shudder) is frequently encountered.

例文

1. その残虐な犯行の詳細を聞き、戦慄を覚えた。
2. 山頂から見下ろした断崖絶壁に、思わず戦慄した。
3. 物語の結末で明かされた真実に、読者は戦慄を禁じ得なかった。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, crime, nature, horror

トーン: intense

起源と歴史

Compound of 戦 (sen/furu — to tremble, also meaning war/battle) and 慄 (ritsu — to tremble, shudder). Both characters independently denote trembling, creating a doubly emphatic word for profound shaking.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal