頻繁

• 読み: ひんぱん
• ローマ字: hinpan
• 漢字の分解: 頻 (hin) — frequent, repeated; 繁 (han) — abundant, thriving, busy
• 発音: /hiɴ.paɴ/

意味

Frequent; happening often. Describes events or actions that recur at short intervals.

A na-adjective used to describe the high frequency of events or actions: 頻繁に連絡する (contact frequently), 頻繁な来客 (frequent visitors). Often paired with に to form the adverbial 頻繁に. Stronger than よく (often) — implies noticeably frequent, sometimes to the point of being excessive.

例文

1. 最近、地震が頻繁に起きている。
2. 彼は海外出張が頻繁で、月に3回は飛行機に乗る。
3. 頻繁にパスワードを変更するのは面倒だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, business, news

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 頻 (hin, frequent/repeated) + 繁 (han, abundant/thriving). Both kanji convey the idea of something happening repeatedly and in abundance.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal