風評

• 読み: ふうひょう
• ローマ字: fuuhyou
• 漢字の分解: 風 (fuu) — wind, style, manner; 評 (hyou) — evaluate, comment, criticise
• 発音: /ɸɯː.çoː/

意味

Rumour; gossip; hearsay. Unverified information spread among people.

A noun referring to unconfirmed reports or reputational information circulating among the public. Most commonly encountered in the compound 風評被害 (fuuhyou higai, reputational damage from rumours), which became widely used after the 2011 Fukushima disaster to describe economic harm caused by unfounded fears. Carries a negative nuance — the information is often misleading or exaggerated.

例文

1. 風評被害で農家の売り上げが大幅に減った。
2. インターネット上の風評を信じてはいけない。
3. その店は風評のせいで客が来なくなった。

使い方ガイド

場面: news, society, business

トーン: cautionary

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 風 (fuu, wind) + 評 (hyou, evaluate/comment). Literally 'wind-borne评评 評判' — opinions carried on the wind, suggesting information that spreads uncontrollably like the wind.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal