後を絶たない

• 読み: あとをたたない
• ローマ字: ato wo tatanai
• 漢字の分解: 後 (ato) — after, behind; 絶 (ta) — sever, cut off
• 発音: /a.to.o.ta.ta.na.i/

意味

Never ceasing; never ending; endless. Used for ongoing negative phenomena that continue without stopping.

An idiomatic expression combining 後 (ato, aftermath/succession) + を + 絶たない (tatanai, does not cease). Almost exclusively used for negative phenomena such as accidents, crimes, or complaints that keep occurring despite efforts to stop them. A staple of news reporting and formal commentary.

例文

1. 飲酒運転による事故が後を絶たない。
2. ネット上の誹謗中傷は後を絶たない状況だ。
3. 違法駐車の苦情が後を絶たないらしい。

使い方ガイド

場面: news, social issues, reports

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

From 後 (ato, what comes after) + 絶つ (tatsu, to cut off/cease). Literally 'the aftermath does not cease,' meaning occurrences keep following one another without end.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal