ネック

• 読み: ネック
• ローマ字: nekku
• 発音: /nek.kɯ/

意味

Neck; bottleneck. A problem or obstacle that hinders progress.

A katakana loanword from English 'neck.' While it can refer to the physical neck or the neck of a bottle or guitar, in Japanese it is most commonly used figuratively to mean a bottleneck or sticking point — the thing holding back progress. The phrase ネックになる (to become a bottleneck) is extremely common in business and project discussions. ボトルネック is also used but ネック alone is more colloquial.

例文

1. コスト削減がこのプロジェクトのネックになっている。
2. 人手不足が事業拡大のネックだ。
3. 納期の短さがネックで受注を断念した。

使い方ガイド

場面: business, project management, problem-solving

トーン: pragmatic

起源と歴史

Borrowed from English 'neck,' specifically from the concept of a 'bottleneck.' The figurative meaning of an obstacle or constraint became the primary usage in Japanese business language.

文化的背景

時代: Post-war

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal