辛辣

• 読み: しんらつ
• ローマ字: shinratsu
• 漢字の分解: 辛 (shin/kara) — spicy, painful, pungent; 辣 (ratsu) — biting, acrid, pungent
• 発音: /ɕin.ɾa.tsɯ/

意味

Biting; scathing; harsh; acerbic. Describes criticism or words that are sharp, cutting, and difficult to dismiss.

A na-adjective (and noun) used to describe criticism, remarks, or people whose words are unsparing and pointed. Unlike 厳しい (strict/severe), 辛辣 emphasises the sting — the words cut rather than merely correct. Common in literary and journalistic criticism, debates, and editorial writing.

例文

1. 彼の辛辣な評論は多くの反発を招いたが、本質を突いていた。
2. 辛辣な言葉でも、真実を伝えることが優れた批評家の責任だ。
3. 先輩は辛辣にコメントしたが、そのおかげで自分の弱点が明確になった。

使い方ガイド

場面: criticism, journalism, literature, academia

トーン: critical

起源と歴史

Compound of 辛 (shin, pungent/spicy/painful) and 辣 (ratsu, biting/pungent). Both characters evoke the burning sensation of hot spices, applied metaphorically to words that sting and leave a lasting impression.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated