臨む

• 読み: のぞむ
• ローマ字: nozomu
• 漢字の分解: 臨 (rin/nozo) — face, attend, confront
• 発音: /no.zo.mɯ/

意味

To face; to look out on; to attend; to confront. To present oneself before a situation or event.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb conjugated with the む row (臨まない, 臨みます). Has several related senses: facing a landscape (海に臨む, to overlook the sea), attending a formal event (式に臨む, to attend a ceremony), and confronting a challenge (試合に臨む, to face a match). More literary and formal than 出席する for attendance.

例文

1. 選手たちは覚悟を持って決勝戦に臨んだ。
2. このホテルの部屋は海に臨んでいて景色がいい。
3. 大事な面接に臨む前に深呼吸をした。

使い方ガイド

場面: sports, business, ceremonies

トーン: determined

起源と歴史

The kanji 臨 (rin) originally depicted a person looking down from a height. It combines 臣 (minister, looking down) and 品 (goods/items below), evoking the act of overseeing or confronting from a position of engagement.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal