チャイム

• 読み: チャイム
• ローマ字: chaimu
• 発音: /tɕa.i.mɯ/

意味

Chime; a doorbell or bell signal, especially the school bell.

A katakana loanword from English 'chime.' Most commonly refers to the musical tones that signal the start and end of class periods in Japanese schools. Also used for doorbells: チャイムを鳴らす (chaimu wo narasu, to ring the doorbell/chime). The iconic school chime melody (based on Westminster Quarters) is deeply associated with Japanese school life.

例文

1. チャイムが鳴ったら教室に戻ってください。
2. 授業中にチャイムが鳴って休み時間になった。
3. 玄関のチャイムを押したけど誰も出なかった。

使い方ガイド

場面: school, daily life, home

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Borrowed from English 'chime,' which derives from Old French chimbe and ultimately from Latin cymbalum (cymbal). Adopted into Japanese as school bell systems modernised in the postwar era.

文化的背景

時代: Postwar

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal