千載一遇

• 読み: せんざいいちぐう
• ローマ字: senzaiichigu
• 漢字の分解: 千 (sen) — thousand; 載 (zai) — year (classical); 一 (ichi) — one; 遇 (gū) — encounter
• 発音: /seɴzaiitɕiɡɯː/

意味

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; an extremely rare chance that may never come again.

A yojijukugo meaning literally 'one encounter in a thousand years.' It is used to describe an opportunity so rare and valuable that it would be foolish to let it pass. Always used for positive, desirable chances — never negative events. Common in motivational speech and written encouragement.

例文

1. これは千載一遇のチャンスだ。逃がしてはならない。
2. 千載一遇の機会を掴むために、万全の準備をしてきた。
3. 歴史的な和解は千載一遇の瞬間として記録されるだろう。

使い方ガイド

場面: motivational, journalism, formal speech, business

トーン: emphatic

起源と歴史

From 千載 (a thousand years) and 一遇 (one meeting, one encounter). The compound originates from classical Chinese literature and entered Japanese as a fixed four-character idiom.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Present

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal