浸透する

• 読み: しんとうする
• ローマ字: shintou suru
• 漢字の分解: 浸 (shin) — soak, immerse; 透 (tou) — penetrate, pass through
• 発音: /ɕiɴ.toː.sɯ.ɾɯ/

意味

To penetrate; to permeate; to soak in. Used for both liquids seeping into materials and ideas spreading through society.

A suru-verb combining 浸 (soak/immerse) and 透 (penetrate/pass through). While literally describing liquid absorption, it is very frequently used figuratively to describe how concepts, values, or awareness gradually spread and take root within a group or society. Common in news and business contexts.

例文

1. 新しい考え方が社会全体に浸透してきた。
2. 雨水が地面にゆっくり浸透していく。
3. この製品の良さがまだ消費者に浸透していない。

使い方ガイド

場面: news, business, science, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese 浸透. 浸 (shin) means to soak or immerse, and 透 (tou) means to pass through or be transparent. Together they describe the process of something gradually seeping or spreading through.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal