さじを投げる

• 読み: さじをなげる
• ローマ字: saji wo nageru
• 漢字の分解: 投 (tō/na) — throw, cast; げる (geru) — verb ending
• 発音: /sa.dʑi.o.na.ge.ɾɯ/

意味

To give up on something as hopeless; to throw in the towel. Used when abandoning an effort after concluding nothing more can be done.

An idiomatic expression originally from medicine, referring to a doctor throwing away their medicine spoon when a patient is beyond treatment. A Group 2 (ichidan) compound expression where 投げる conjugates regularly. Common in both spoken and written Japanese to express resignation.

例文

1. 何度教えても覚えないので、先生もさじを投げた。
2. 医者がさじを投げるほど重い病気だった。
3. 彼はすぐにさじを投げてしまう性格だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily conversation, storytelling, frustration

トーン: resigned

起源と歴史

From the medical practice of traditional Chinese medicine in Japan, where a doctor would literally throw away the medicine spoon (匙) when a patient was deemed untreatable.

文化的背景

時代: Edo period

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal