騒々しい

• 読み: そうぞうしい
• ローマ字: souzoushii
• 漢字の分解: 騒 (sou/sawagu) — noise, commotion, agitation
• 発音: /soː.zoː.ɕiː/

意味

Noisy; boisterous; clamorous; rowdy. Describes an environment or person producing excessive, disruptive noise or commotion.

An i-adjective describing auditory or situational chaos. It can refer to an environment (騒々しい場所, a noisy place) or a person who is disruptive and loud. Also used figuratively for a turbulent social or political climate (世情が騒々しい, the world is unsettled). The reduplication 騒々 intensifies the base character 騒 (commotion), conveying a sense of continuous, overwhelming noise. More emphatic than うるさい.

例文

1. 隣のテーブルが騒々しくて、話し相手の声がまったく聞こえなかった。
2. 選挙期間中は街が騒々しくなり、静かに過ごすのが難しくなる。
3. 騒々しい教室を静めるのに、先生はかなりの時間を費やした。

使い方ガイド

場面: noise, social environment, classroom, daily life

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

From 騒 (sou/sawagu, to make noise/to be agitated) with the reduplication marker 々 and i-adjective suffix しい. The kanji 騒 combines 馬 (horse) with 蚤 (flea), evoking a horse maddened by fleas—hence frantic agitation and noise.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal