侮る

• 読み: あなどる
• ローマ字: anadoru
• 漢字の分解: 侮 (bu/anado) — despise, scorn, look down on
• 発音: /a.na.do.ɾɯ/

意味

To disdain; to look down on; to hold in contempt. Underestimating someone or something by treating them as inferior.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb expressing contempt or underestimation. Stronger than 見下す, it carries a sense of dangerous arrogance. Often used in warnings like 侮ってはいけない or 侮るな, cautioning against the consequences of underestimating threats.

例文

1. 相手の実力を侮ってはいけない。
2. 自然の力を侮ると大変なことになる。
3. 侮られたことが悔しくて練習に励んだ。

使い方ガイド

場面: warnings, sports, competition

トーン: cautionary

起源と歴史

The kanji 侮 combines 亻 (person) and 每 (every, each), suggesting someone who treats every person dismissively. Used in Classical Chinese texts about rulers who underestimated their enemies.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal