舌禍

• 読み: ぜっか
• ローマ字: zekka
• 漢字の分解: 舌 (zetsu/shita) — tongue; 禍 (ka/wazawa) — disaster, calamity
• 発音: /zek.ka/

意味

Trouble or disaster caused by careless speech; verbal indiscretion; a scandal arising from ill-chosen words.

A formal noun combining 舌 (tongue) and 禍 (disaster, calamity). Used primarily in written and journalistic language to describe the fallout from reckless remarks, particularly in political or public contexts. A common collocate is 舌禍事件 (verbal indiscretion incident), referring to cases where a public figure's words caused significant controversy.

例文

1. 大臣は軽率な発言で舌禍を招き、辞任を余儀なくされた。
2. 舌禍を避けるためには、発言前に言葉を慎重に選ぶ必要がある。
3. 選挙前の舌禍事件が候補者の支持率を大きく下げた。

使い方ガイド

場面: politics, journalism, public affairs

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

From 舌 (zetsu/shita — tongue) and 禍 (ka — disaster, misfortune). The combination literally means tongue disaster — calamity brought about by one's own spoken words.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Political and media circles