ペンキ

• 読み: ペンキ
• ローマ字: penki
• 発音: /peɴ.ki/

意味

Paint; a coloured liquid applied to surfaces for protection or decoration.

A katakana loanword from Dutch 'pek' (paint/pitch). Refers to house paint or industrial paint applied to walls, fences, and objects. Key expressions: ペンキを塗る (penki wo nuru, to paint), ペンキ塗りたて (penki nuritake, wet paint). Distinguished from 絵の具 (enogu, art paint/pigment for drawing). ペンキ is specifically for coating surfaces, not for artistic painting.

例文

1. 週末に家の壁にペンキを塗った。
2. ペンキ塗りたてなので触らないでください。
3. 白いペンキが服についてしまった。

使い方ガイド

場面: home improvement, construction, DIY

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Borrowed from Dutch 'pek' (pitch/paint), introduced during the Edo period when the Netherlands was Japan's primary Western trading partner. The kanji 番瀝青 is an archaic ateji rarely used today.

文化的背景

時代: Edo period

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal