挿話

• 読み: そうわ
• ローマ字: souwa
• 漢字の分解: 挿 (sō) — insert, interpose; 話 (wa) — story, speech
• 発音: /so.ː.wa/

意味

Episode; anecdote; interlude. A brief, self-contained story or scene inserted within a larger narrative, speech, or discourse.

A noun that can refer to a digressive anecdote within a speech or text, or to an episode within a serialised narrative. In literary analysis, 挿話 denotes an interpolated story that provides comic relief, thematic enrichment, or backstory. The related adjective 挿話的 (sōwateki) means 'episodic' or 'anecdotal.' Also written 插話, particularly in classical texts.

例文

1. スピーチの中で子ども時代の挿話を交えると、聴衆の心がほぐれた。
2. この長編小説には味わい深い挿話が随所に散りばめられている。
3. 作者は挿話を通じて、主人公の過去を少しずつ明かしていく。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, speech, narrative theory

トーン: analytical

起源と歴史

From 挿 (sō — to insert, to interpose) and 話 (wa — story, talk). The character 挿 graphically suggests something being placed into a gap or opening, accurately depicting the structural role of an 挿話 within a larger work.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Scholars, writers

社会的背景: Educated