帯びる

• 読み: おびる
• ローマ字: obiru
• 漢字の分解: 帯 (tai/o) — belt, sash, wear, carry
• 発音: /o.bi.ɾɯ/

意味

To wear (a sword, badge, etc.); to carry; to bear. Also means to take on a quality or characteristic.

A Group 2 (ichidan) transitive verb with both literal and figurative uses. Literally means to wear something at the waist (a sword, tool). Figuratively, it means to take on or be tinged with a quality: 赤みを帯びる (take on a reddish hue), 緊張を帯びる (become tense). The figurative use is more common in modern Japanese.

例文

1. 空が赤みを帯びて夕焼けが美しかった。
2. 会議の雰囲気は次第に緊張を帯びてきた。
3. 彼の声は怒りを帯びていた。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, description, formal writing

トーン: literary

起源と歴史

The kanji 帯 originally depicted a belt or sash worn around the waist, with cloth (巾) wrapped around the body. Extended metaphorically to mean carrying or bearing any quality.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal