手荒い

• 読み: てあらい
• ローマ字: tearai
• 漢字の分解: 手 (te) — hand, method; 荒い (arai) — rough, wild, violent
• 発音: /te.a.ɾa.i/

意味

Rough; harsh; violent; crude. Describes actions or handling that are reckless, unnecessarily forceful, or brutishly direct.

An i-adjective pairing 手 (te, hand, method) with 荒い (arai, rough, wild). Used to criticise physical roughness, aggressive interrogation methods, or heavy-handed approaches to problem-solving. Also appears as 手荒く (tearaku), the adverbial form. The connotation is always negative—a lack of care or finesse.

例文

1. 取調官の手荒い尋問に、弁護士が強く抗議した。
2. そんな手荒い扱いをしたら、精密機器が壊れてしまう。
3. 問題を手荒く解決しようとする姿勢は、後で余計な摩擦を生む。

使い方ガイド

場面: criticism, law enforcement, workplace, physical handling

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

Compound of 手 (te, hand, method) and 荒い (arai, rough, wild, violent). The combination describes an approach—whether physical or methodological—that lacks gentleness and control.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal