相変わらず

• 読み: あいかわらず
• ローマ字: aikawarazu
• 漢字の分解: 相 (ai/sou) — mutual, together; 変 (hen/ka) — change
• 発音: /a.i.ka.wa.ɾa.zɯ/

意味

As ever; as usual; same as always. Notes that a situation remains unchanged.

An adverb used to comment that someone or something has not changed from a previous encounter. Can be positive (相変わらず元気だね, you are as lively as ever) or negative (相変わらず遅い, late as usual). Often appears when reuniting with someone after a period of time.

例文

1. 彼は相変わらず元気だ。
2. 相変わらず忙しい日が続いている。
3. このラーメン屋は相変わらず美味しい。

使い方ガイド

場面: reunions, observation, conversation

トーン: familiar

起源と歴史

Compound of 相 (ai, mutual) and 変わらず (kawarazu, the negative continuative of 変わる, to change). Literally 'mutually not changing' — the state of things remaining the same as before.

文化的背景

時代: Edo

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal