流行に通じた
解説 Definition
（古い米俗語）流行や事情に通じた、事情をよく知っている。主に be hep to ... の形で使われ、現在では古風に響く。
Hep is a dated American slang term associated with knowledge of current fashions, music, or inside information. It is chiefly encountered in older expressions describing someone as informed, sophisticated, or aware of what is happening.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
hep は20世紀前半の米俗語で、流行や事情に「通じている」状態を表した古風な語です。現在一般的な hip や in the know と結びつけ、be hep to the latest music「最新音楽に通じている」の型で覚えます。語源は確定していないため、hepcat などジャズ文化の語彙との実際の用法上の関係を手掛かりにしましょう。
Remember hep as an older slang relative of hip, especially in writing about early twentieth-century American popular and jazz culture. The useful pattern is be hep to something, meaning to be informed about it or alert to what is fashionable. For example, someone might be hep to the latest music. The word now sounds dated, so modern English normally uses hip, aware, informed, or in the know instead. Its exact origin is uncertain; rely on its documented connection with hepcat and jazz-era speech rather than inventing a story from its sound.
例文
He was hep to the latest jazz records.
彼は最新のジャズレコードに通じていました。
Are you hep to what is going on?
何が起きているか分かっていますか。
The word hep now sounds dated compared with hip.
hep という語は現在、hip と比べて古風に響きます。
hep の類義語・関連語
hep の語源・成り立ち Etymology
hep は20世紀初頭の米俗語で「流行に通じた、事情に明るい」を表しましたが、語源ははっきり確定していません。のちにジャズ文化で広まり、hip や hepcat と結びついて使われます。由来不明だからこそ、仲間内の通っぽさを帯びた語として生きたと考えるとわかりやすいです。
Hep appeared in American slang in the early twentieth century with the sense “informed,” “aware,” or “fashionable.” Its ultimate source has not been securely established. It became prominent in language associated with jazz culture and occurs in compounds such as hepcat. The closely related form hip later became much more common. Because the historical origin remains disputed, hep is best understood through this documented slang usage and its relationship to later hip.
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