頭をかかえる

• 読み: あたまをかかえる
• ローマ字: atama wo kakaeru
• 漢字の分解: 頭 (tō/atama) — head
• 発音: /a.ta.ma.o.ka.ka.e.ɾɯ/

意味

To be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed. The image of holding one's head in one's hands from worry or confusion.

An idiomatic expression using Group 2 (ichidan) verb かかえる (抱える, to hold). Describes the physical gesture of clutching one's head when overwhelmed by a difficult problem. Used for serious worries rather than minor inconveniences.

例文

1. 借金の問題に頭をかかえている。
2. 人手不足で経営者は頭をかかえた。
3. 子供の反抗期に頭をかかえる親は多い。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, business, family

トーン: troubled

起源と歴史

A figurative expression from the literal gesture of holding (抱える) one's head (頭) in distress. This universal body language of worry became codified as an idiom in Japanese.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal