独り言

• 読み: ひとりごと
• ローマ字: hitorigoto
• 漢字の分解: 独 (hitori) — alone, single; 言 (goto) — words, speech
• 発音: /hi.to.ɾi.go.to/

意味

Talking to oneself; soliloquy; monologue; muttering words without addressing anyone.

A noun describing speech directed at no one in particular — muttering, thinking aloud, or talking to oneself. Common expressions include 独り言を言う (to talk to oneself) and 独り言をつぶやく (to mutter to oneself). Often used humorously or self-deprecatingly when caught speaking aloud. Also written as ひとりごと in hiragana.

例文

1. 集中しているとき無意識に独り言を言ってしまう。
2. 独り言が多い人は頭の回転が速いらしい。
3. 隣の席の人が独り言をつぶやいていて気になった。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, workplace, humour, psychology

トーン: light

起源と歴史

From native Japanese 独り (hitori, alone/by oneself) + 言 (goto/koto, words/speech). Literally 'solitary words,' describing speech uttered when alone or without an intended listener.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal