手懐ける

• 読み: てなずける
• ローマ字: tenazukeru
• 漢字の分解: 手 (te) — hand; 懐 (na/futokoro) — bosom, to tame
• 発音: /te.na.zɯ.ke.ɾɯ/

意味

To tame; to domesticate; to win someone over. Describes bringing a creature or person under one's influence through patient effort.

A Group 2 (ichidan) verb. Literally 'to place in one's hand,' 手懐ける extends from its concrete sense of taming animals to the figurative sense of winning over difficult people — a colleague, a client, or an adversary — through charm or persistent attention. The figurative use carries a slightly manipulative nuance and is common in business and political discourse.

例文

1. 彼女は野良猫を長い時間をかけて手懐け、とうとう家の中に招き入れた。
2. 新しい上司は部下を巧みに手懐け、短期間でチームの信頼を掴んだ。
3. 難攻不落と言われた交渉相手を手懐けるまでに、三年かかった。

使い方ガイド

場面: animal care, business, interpersonal relations, politics

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 手 (te — hand) + 懐ける (nazukeru — to tame, to domesticate). 懐ける derives from 懐 (futokoro — bosom, one's inner space), conveying the image of drawing something close to oneself.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal