アプローチapuroochi
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- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbapproach (to a problem, issue, etc.)
- nounapproach (of a long jump, aircraft's flight, etc.); inrun (of a ski jump)
- nounapproach (to a building, mountain, etc.)
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verb, golfapproach shot
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | アプローチする |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | アプローチします |
| Negative (nai) | アプローチしない |
| polite (masen) | アプローチしません |
| classical zu / nu | アプローチせず・アプローチせぬ |
| Past (ta) | アプローチした |
| polite (mashita) | アプローチしました |
| Past negative (nakatta) | アプローチしなかった |
| polite (masen deshita) | アプローチしませんでした |
| Te form | アプローチして |
| Potential | アプローチできる |
| Passive | アプローチされる |
| Causative | アプローチさせる |
| Causative passive | アプローチさせられる |
| Conditional (ba) | アプローチすれば |
| tara | アプローチしたら |
| Volitional | アプローチしよう |
| polite (mashou) | アプローチしましょう |
| Imperative | アプローチしろ |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Related近づくちかづくNeutralA native verb for moving closer in space or time, as in 「台風が近づく」; the most general choice. 「アプローチ」 also covers methods of tackling a problem.
- Related近寄るちかよるNeutralFor people or animals moving up to a place or person, or getting friendly, as in 「近寄るな」. 「アプローチ」 also covers abstract closeness and ways of tackling a problem.
- Related接近せっきんNeutralA Sino-Japanese noun for drawing near, and for gaps narrowing or relationships growing close, as in 「台風が接近する」. 「アプローチ」 stresses the manner of the approach.
- Related着手ちゃくしゅWrittenA written, formal word for setting to work on something, as in 「工事に着手する」. 「アプローチ」 is about how you tackle a problem, not about beginning.
- Related取り掛かるとりかかるNeutralA native verb for getting started on a task, as in 「仕事に取り掛かる」. 「アプローチ」 never means simply starting work.
- Antonym回避かいひNeutralMeans trying to avoid something, as in 「責任を回避する」 — the opposite of actively approaching and tackling it as 「アプローチ」 suggests.
- Antonym遠避けNeutralMeans deliberately keeping away from someone or something, the opposite of actively approaching as with 「アプローチ」; used less often.
Use 「アプローチ」 for a method of approaching or tackling a problem, and for an aircraft's approach. For simply moving closer, say 「近づく」; for starting work, 「取り掛かる」; the opposite is 「回避」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


