しきたり

• 読み: しきたり
• ローマ字: shikitari
• 発音: /ɕi.ki.ta.ɾi/

意味

Custom; convention; established practice. Refers to traditional ways of doing things that are expected and observed by a community.

A noun describing customs and social conventions that have been passed down through generations. しきたり carries a sense of obligation — these are practices one is expected to follow because they have always been done that way. It can describe family customs, regional traditions, or workplace culture. The nuance is often that the practice is followed not out of personal choice but social expectation.

例文

1. 地域のしきたりに従って、新年には神社へ参拝することになっている。
2. 古くからのしきたりに縛られていては、組織は変われない。
3. 葬儀のしきたりは地域によってかなり異なる。

使い方ガイド

場面: tradition, customs, workplace culture, community norms

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From the verb しきたる, meaning 'to have come to be the way things are done.' Evolved from classical Japanese patterns of habitual or established action.

文化的背景

時代: Edo–Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: All classes