蹴る

• 読み: ける
• ローマ字: keru
• 漢字の分解: 蹴 (shū/ke) — kick, strike with foot
• 発音: /ke.ɾɯ/

意味

To kick. To strike something with the foot.

A Group 1 (godan) verb conjugated with the る row. Used for physical kicking (a ball, a person) and figuratively for rejecting an offer (提案を蹴る — to kick back a proposal). Very common in sports contexts, especially soccer. The kanji is complex but the word itself is everyday vocabulary.

例文

1. サッカーでボールを思い切り蹴った。
2. 弟が私の椅子を蹴ってきた。
3. せっかくの提案を蹴るなんてもったいない。

使い方ガイド

場面: sports, daily life, colloquial

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 蹴 combines 足 (foot) and 就 (to approach/take position), depicting the action of striking with a positioned foot.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal