台詞

• 読み: せりふ
• ローマ字: serifu
• 漢字の分解: 台 (dai) — stand, platform; 詞 (shi) — words, speech (ateji)
• 発音: /se.ɾi.ɸɯ/

意味

Line; dialogue; spoken words in a play, film, or manga.

A noun referring to the scripted words spoken by actors, characters, or performers. Used in theatre, film, television, anime, and manga contexts. Can also refer figuratively to something someone characteristically says. Sometimes written in hiragana (せりふ) or katakana (セリフ), but the kanji form 台詞 is standard.

例文

1. この映画の最後の台詞がとても印象的だった。
2. 俳優は長い台詞を完璧に覚えていた。
3. それはまるでドラマの台詞みたいだね。

使い方ガイド

場面: film, theatre, anime, manga

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 台詞 is an ateji (phonetic kanji assignment). The word せりふ likely derives from 競り (seri, competing) + 言ふ (ifu, to say), originally meaning competitive dialogue in kabuki theatre.

文化的背景

時代: Edo period

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal