峻烈

• 読み: しゅんれつ
• ローマ字: shunretsu
• 漢字の分解: 峻 (shun) — steep, lofty, severe; 烈 (retsu) — intense, fierce, violent
• 発音: /ɕɯn.ɾe.tsɯ/

意味

Severe; harsh; rigorous; stern. Describes a quality of sharp, uncompromising intensity — in criticism, punishment, or demands.

A na-adjective (and noun) with a literary register, used to describe criticism, conditions, or attitudes that are unsparing and cutting. Unlike 厳しい (strict, applied broadly), 峻烈 implies a biting, almost painful sharpness — like the face of a sheer cliff. Often encountered in literary criticism, scholarly writing, and journalism.

例文

1. 彼の峻烈な批評は業界に衝撃を与え、多くの作家が震え上がった。
2. 峻烈な訓練に耐え抜いた者だけが、最終選考に残ることができた。
3. 師匠の峻烈な指導のおかげで、弟子の技術は飛躍的に伸びた。

使い方ガイド

場面: criticism, literature, training, academia

トーン: stern

起源と歴史

Compound of 峻 (shun, steep/lofty/severe) and 烈 (retsu, intense/fierce). 峻 evokes a sheer mountain face — high and unforgiving — while 烈 intensifies this into burning, relentless severity.

文化的背景

時代: Meiji–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated