しきりに

• 読み: しきりに
• ローマ字: shikirini
• 漢字の分解: 頻 (hin) — frequent, repeated (kanji form 頻りに is rarely used)
• 発音: /ɕi.ki.ɾi.ni/

意味

Frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; incessantly. Describes persistent repeated action.

An adverb describing actions performed repeatedly or with notable insistence: しきりに電話が鳴る (the phone rings incessantly), しきりに頼む (to ask repeatedly/eagerly). Carries a sense that the repetition is noticeable or noteworthy — not just frequent but persistent enough to draw attention.

例文

1. 彼はしきりに時計を気にしていた。
2. 赤ちゃんがしきりに泣いている。
3. 彼女はしきりに謝っていたが許してもらえなかった。

使い方ガイド

場面: narrative, conversation, description

トーン: observational

起源と歴史

Written in kanji as 頻りに, from 頻 (hin, frequent/repeated). The character 頻 contains 歩 (step) and 頁 (head), evoking the image of someone nodding repeatedly or pacing back and forth.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal