焦点

• 読み: しょうてん
• ローマ字: shouten
• 漢字の分解: 焦 (shou/ko) — scorch, char, focus; 点 (ten) — point, dot
• 発音: /ɕoː.teɴ/

意味

Focus; focal point. Both the optical term and the figurative centre of attention.

A noun used both in optics (focal point of a lens) and figuratively (the main point of discussion or attention). Very common in the expression 焦点を当てる (shouten wo ateru, to focus on/spotlight). Frequently appears in news, academic writing, and debate contexts.

例文

1. 議論の焦点は予算の使い道に移った。
2. カメラの焦点が合っていなくてぼやけた写真になった。
3. 今回の選挙は経済政策に焦点が当てられている。

使い方ガイド

場面: news, discussion, optics, academia

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 焦 (shou, scorch/char) + 点 (ten, point/dot). Originally an optics term — the point where light converges and can 'scorch,' later extended to mean any point of concentrated attention.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal