免許

• 読み: めんきょ
• ローマ字: menkyo
• 漢字の分解: 免 (men/manu) — exempt, release; 許 (kyo/yuru) — permit, allow
• 発音: /me.n.kʲo/

意味

Licence; permit; certificate. Official authorisation to do something, especially to drive.

A noun most commonly encountered in the compound 運転免許 (driving licence). Also used as a する verb meaning to grant a licence. The physical card is called 免許証 (menkyoshou). Getting a licence in Japan typically involves attending a driving school (教習所).

例文

1. 来月、免許の試験を受けます。
2. 免許を取るのに三か月かかった。
3. 免許証を見せてください。

使い方ガイド

場面: driving, government, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 免 (exempt, release) and 許 (permit, allow). Originally meant granting an exemption from a restriction — authorising someone to do what is otherwise prohibited.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal