革命

• 読み: かくめい
• ローマ字: kakumei
• 漢字の分解: 革 (kaku) — leather, reform, renew; 命 (mei) — life, fate, mandate
• 発音: /ka.kɯ.meː/

意味

Revolution. A fundamental and often sudden change in political power, social structure, or a field of endeavour.

A noun referring to revolution, both in the political sense (overthrow of a government) and metaphorically (a dramatic transformation in any field). Extremely versatile — used for historical events like フランス革命 (Furansu kakumei, French Revolution), ideological concepts like 産業革命 (sangyou kakumei, Industrial Revolution), and modern innovations like IT革命 (IT kakumei, IT revolution). Stronger than 改革 (kaikaku, reform) — implies a complete overturning rather than gradual change.

例文

1. フランス革命は世界の歴史を大きく変えた。
2. スマートフォンは通信の革命をもたらした。
3. 若者たちが革命を起こそうと立ち上がった。

使い方ガイド

場面: history, politics, technology

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 革 (kaku, reform/renew) + 命 (mei, life/mandate). In classical Chinese, 革命 originally referred to the 'changing of the Mandate of Heaven' — the idea that a corrupt dynasty loses its divine right to rule. This concept was reinterpreted in modern times to match the Western concept of revolution.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal