聳える

• 読み: そびえる
• ローマ字: sobieru
• 漢字の分解: 聳 (shou/sobie) — to tower, to soar
• 発音: /so.bi.e.ɾɯ/

意味

To tower; to soar; to rise high above the surroundings.

A Group 2 (ichidan) verb expressing the state of rising imposingly to a great height. Often used to describe mountains, tall buildings, or dramatic natural formations in literary and journalistic contexts. Compared with 聳え立つ, 聳える places more emphasis on the ongoing condition of towering rather than the act of standing up.

例文

1. アルプスの峻峰が眼前に聳え、登山者たちの意欲をかき立てた。
2. 巨大な岩壁が眼前に聳えており、登頂を前に誰もが言葉を失った。
3. 工場の煙突が住宅街の中に無遠慮に聳えていることに、住民は不満を抱いている。

使い方ガイド

場面: nature, literature, travel, architecture

トーン: descriptive

起源と歴史

From classical Japanese. The kanji 聳 (shou) depicts a mountain rising dramatically. The verb originally expressed the visual impression of something soaring upward into the sky.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Present

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal