How to say "implementation" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 実現じつげんnoun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbCovers implementation in the sense of a system or plan actually being brought into being — the realization or materialization of something. Use it when the emphasis is on an idea becoming reality rather than on the process of carrying it out.
- 実施じっしnoun, suru verb, transitive verbThe usual word for implementation as carrying out or putting into practice a plan, policy, measure, or survey. It stresses that something decided upon is actually being enforced or executed.
- 実践じっせんnoun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers implementation as putting ideas, principles, or theories into practice. The nuance is applying something in real action, often with a moral or practical-philosophical flavor, rather than executing a concrete plan.
- 版はんnoun, noun (suffix)Only relevant to implementation of software, where it really means a version or edition of a program. For any other sense of implementation this is not the word you want at all.
- 実行じっこうnoun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers implementation as execution or carrying out of a plan, with emphasis on the act of doing it. Also common in computing for running a program. Choose it when the focus is on action rather than on realizing or enforcing.
Choose 実現 for making a system or idea a reality, 実施 for carrying out plans or policies, 実践 for putting ideas into practice, 実行 for executing plans or actions, and 版 only for software versions.
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