ひいては

• 読み: ひいては
• ローマ字: hiitewa
• 漢字の分解: 延 (en/hi) — extend, stretch, postpone
• 発音: /hi.i.te.wa/

意味

By extension; furthermore; and consequently. A formal connective indicating that the preceding point leads to a broader or more significant one.

A formal adverb used to connect a specific point to a larger consequence or scope: A、ひいてはB (A, and by extension B). The pattern always moves from smaller to larger — from the individual to the group, from the immediate to the long-term. Common in essays, speeches, and formal discussions: 個人の努力がひいては社会全体の発展につながる (individual effort leads, by extension, to the development of society as a whole). The kanji form 延いては is rarely used.

例文

1. 健康管理は自分のため、ひいては家族のためでもある。
2. 環境問題は地域、ひいては世界全体の課題だ。
3. 一人一人の行動がひいては社会を変える力になる。

使い方ガイド

場面: essays, speeches, formal discussion

トーン: rhetorical

起源と歴史

Derived from the verb 延く (hiku, to extend/stretch), via the te-form 延いて (hiite) plus the topic particle は. Literally 'having extended [the point]' — indicating the speaker is stretching the argument to a broader conclusion.

文化的背景

時代: Pre-modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Educated