トンネル

• 読み: トンネル
• ローマ字: tonneru
• 発音: /toɴ.ne.ɾɯ/

意味

Tunnel; an underground or through-mountain passageway.

A loanword noun from English 'tunnel.' Used for both vehicular tunnels through mountains and underground train tunnels. Also used figuratively: トンネルを抜ける (tonneru wo nukeru, to emerge from a difficult period). The opening line of Kawabata's Snow Country references a long tunnel, making it one of Japan's most literary tunnel images.

例文

1. 長いトンネルを抜けたら美しい海が見えた。
2. この山にはトンネルが三つある。
3. 不景気のトンネルをやっと抜けたようだ。

使い方ガイド

場面: transportation, infrastructure, travel

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Borrowed from English 'tunnel,' which comes from Old French tonel (barrel/cask). Entered Japanese in the Meiji era when modern infrastructure, including railway tunnels, was being rapidly built.

文化的背景

時代: Meiji

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal