呟く

• 読み: つぶやく
• ローマ字: tsubuyaku
• 漢字の分解: 呟 (gen/tsubuyaku) — murmur, mutter
• 発音: /tsɯ.bɯ.ja.kɯ/

意味

To mutter; to murmur; to grumble. To speak in a low voice, often to oneself.

A Group 1 (godan) verb used for quiet, half-voiced speech — muttering complaints, murmuring thoughts, or talking to oneself. Can be both transitive and intransitive. Conveys that the speaker is not directing their words at anyone in particular, or is speaking without intending to be fully heard.

例文

1. 彼は不満そうに何か呟いていた。
2. 疲れたと呟きながら、ソファに倒れ込んだ。
3. 小さな声で呟いたので、誰にも聞こえなかった。

使い方ガイド

場面: narrative, daily life, fiction

トーン: subdued

起源と歴史

From the kanji 呟 combining 口 (mouth) and 玄 (dark, mysterious), suggesting words that emerge from the mouth indistinctly, as if from darkness. An onomatopoeic origin has also been suggested.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal