ノイローゼ

• 読み: ノイローゼ
• ローマ字: noirooze
• 発音: /no.i.ɾoː.ze/

意味

Neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental distress. A state of being mentally overwhelmed or obsessed.

A noun borrowed from German Neurose (neurosis), used colloquially in Japanese to describe being mentally overwhelmed, stressed to a breaking point, or obsessively worried about something. While not a precise clinical term in modern usage, it remains very common in everyday speech. Often used hyperbolically: 育児ノイローゼ (parenting burnout) and 受験ノイローゼ (exam stress).

例文

1. 毎日の残業で彼はノイローゼ気味だ。
2. 育児ノイローゼにならないよう周りのサポートが大切だ。
3. 騒音がひどくてノイローゼになりそうだ。

使い方ガイド

場面: mental health, daily life, stress

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

From German Neurose (neurosis), borrowed into Japanese during the Meiji/Taishō era when Western medical terminology was widely adopted. The German pronunciation was adapted to Japanese phonology.

文化的背景

時代: Taishō/Shōwa

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal