ピクニック

• 読み: ピクニック
• ローマ字: pikunikku
• 発音: /pi.kɯ.nik.kɯ/

意味

Picnic; an outing to eat outdoors, typically in a park or natural setting.

A loanword from English referring to an outdoor recreational meal. In Japan, picnics are especially popular during hanami (cherry blossom viewing) season and autumn foliage season. Japanese picnics often feature bento boxes, onigiri, and thermos drinks rather than Western-style sandwiches. ピクニックに行く (pikunikku ni iku, to go on a picnic) is the standard expression.

例文

1. 天気がいいから公園でピクニックをしよう。
2. お弁当を持ってピクニックに出かけた。
3. 家族でピクニックをするのが週末の楽しみだ。

使い方ガイド

場面: leisure, outdoors, weekends

トーン: cheerful

起源と歴史

Borrowed from English 'picnic,' which itself came from French pique-nique. Adapted into Japanese katakana as ピクニック.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal