習慣

• 読み: しゅうかん
• ローマ字: shuukan
• 漢字の分解: 習 (shuu/nara) — learn, practise; 慣 (kan/na) — accustom, get used to
• 発音: /ɕɯː.ka.n/

意味

Habit; custom; practice. A regularly repeated behaviour or social convention.

A noun covering both personal habits (早起きの習慣 = habit of waking early) and social customs (食事の習慣 = eating customs). Related word 生活習慣 (lifestyle habits) appears often in health contexts. Distinct from 癖 (kuse), which implies a harder-to-control quirk.

例文

1. 毎日運動する習慣をつけたい。
2. 国によって食事の習慣が違います。
3. 早寝早起きはいい習慣です。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, health, culture

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 習 (learn, practise) and 慣 (accustom, get used to). Together they describe something practised and accustomed to — a habit.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal