アウト

• 読み: アウト
• ローマ字: auto
• 発音: /a.ɯ.to/

意味

Out; disqualified; eliminated. Used in sports, games, and colloquially to mean something is unacceptable.

A loanword from English 'out.' In baseball, it refers to a player being out. Colloquially, アウト is widely used to describe something that crosses a line or is unacceptable, as in それはアウトだよ (that is not okay). The opposite in casual usage is セーフ (safe).

例文

1. 三振でアウトになった。
2. 締め切りに遅れたらアウトだよ。
3. あの発言は完全にアウトだと思う。

使い方ガイド

場面: sports, daily conversation, judgments

トーン: direct

起源と歴史

Borrowed from English 'out.' Entered Japanese primarily through baseball terminology during the early 20th century, then expanded to general colloquial usage.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal