推敲

Japanese JLPT N1 Vocabulary Japanese ★★★ 3/5 neutral すいこうsuikou
読み すいこう
ローマ字 suikou
漢字の分解 推 (sui) — push, infer; 敲 (kō) — knock, strike
発音 /sɯ.i.ko.ː/

意味

Polishing of writing; careful revision; refinement. The process of meticulously revising a text to improve its quality, precision, and expression.

A noun and verb (推敲する) derived from a famous Tang dynasty anecdote about poet Jia Dao, who could not decide between 推 (push) and 敲 (knock) when describing a monk at a gate. The word now denotes the careful weighing of word choices and the act of revising writing for maximum effect. Widely used in literary, journalistic, and academic contexts to describe the editorial refinement process.

例文

  1. 何度も推敲を重ねた末に、ようやく満足のいく文章が完成した。
  2. 推敲なしに提出した論文が、査読で大量の修正を求められた。
  3. 彼女は一つの詩を仕上げるために三ヶ月かけて推敲した。

使い方ガイド

場面: writing, editing, literature, academia

トーン: careful

起源と歴史

From a Tang dynasty anecdote: poet Jia Dao (賈島) agonised over 推 (to push) vs 敲 (to knock) while composing. He accidentally interrupted the procession of the official Han Yu, who advised 敲. This episode gave rise to 推敲 as a term for careful, deliberate revision.

文化的背景

時代: Tang dynasty origin, classical Japanese adoption

世代: Writers, students

社会的背景: Educated

関連フレーズ

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