つくづく

• 読み: つくづく
• ローマ字: tsukuzuku
• 漢字の分解: 熟 (juku) — mature, ripen, thoroughly
• 発音: /tsɯ.kɯ.zɯ.kɯ/

意味

Deeply; keenly; thoroughly. Expresses doing something with deep feeling or realising something profoundly.

An adverb expressing intense, heartfelt reflection or observation. Most commonly paired with 思う (to think/feel) as つくづく思う (to deeply feel/realise) or 感じる (to sense) as つくづく感じる (to keenly sense). Conveys that the speaker has come to a deep personal realisation through experience. Can also mean staring intently (つくづく見る). Written in kanji as 熟 but almost always appears in hiragana.

例文

1. 一人暮らしをして家族のありがたさをつくづく感じた。
2. 彼の話を聞いてつくづく自分は恵まれていると思った。
3. 失敗してつくづく準備の大切さを痛感した。

使い方ガイド

場面: self-reflection, essays, conversation

トーン: reflective

起源と歴史

A native Japanese adverb, historically written as 熟 (juku, meaning 'mature' or 'thoroughly'). The reduplication つくづく intensifies the sense of depth and thoroughness, a common pattern in Japanese mimetic language.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal