齟齬をきたす

• 読み: そごをきたす
• ローマ字: sogo wo kitasu
• 漢字の分解: 齟 (so) — upper teeth misaligned; 齬 (go) — lower teeth misaligned; (together: mismatch, discrepancy)
• 発音: /so.ɡo.o.ki.ta.sɯ/

意味

To be at odds; to cause a discrepancy; to produce a mismatch or contradiction between expectations and reality.

A formal expression combining the noun 齟齬 (mismatch, contradiction — literally: teeth not aligning properly) with the verb きたす (to bring about, to cause). Used in legal, bureaucratic, and formal written contexts to describe situations where two things fail to align: plans and results, statements and facts, laws and practices. 齟齬 alone is a common N1 noun.

例文

1. 両者の説明に齟齬をきたしており、事実関係の確認が必要だ。
2. 計画と実施の間に齟齬をきたさないよう、入念な調整が求められる。
3. 法律の解釈に齟齬をきたす判決が下され、議論を呼んだ。

使い方ガイド

場面: legal, bureaucratic, academic, news

トーン: formal

起源と歴史

齟齬 derives from classical Chinese, describing the state of upper and lower teeth failing to meet properly (齟 = upper teeth protruding; 齬 = lower teeth protruding). The metaphor of misaligned teeth became the standard Japanese expression for contradiction or discrepancy. きたす comes from 来す, an old causative form of 来る.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated / Professional