うずくまる

• 読み: うずくまる
• ローマ字: uzukumaru
• 発音: /ɯ.zɯ.kɯ.ma.ɾɯ/

意味

To crouch; to squat down; to cower. Describes a posture of curling up close to the ground.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb describing the action of crouching down or curling into a ball, often due to pain, cold, fear, or exhaustion. The kanji 蹲 exists but is rarely used; hiragana is standard. Evokes a vivid image of someone making themselves small, commonly seen in literature and descriptive writing.

例文

1. 腹痛がひどくて道端にうずくまってしまった。
2. 猫が暖かい場所を見つけてうずくまっている。
3. 疲れ果てた選手がゴール後にうずくまった。

使い方ガイド

場面: physical descriptions, literature, medical situations

トーン: descriptive

起源と歴史

Derived from an older Japanese word meaning to sit low or huddle. The rarely used kanji 蹲 contains 足 (foot) and 尊 (revere), but the hiragana form is overwhelmingly preferred in modern writing.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal