キャンプkyanpu

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbcamp; camping
    私は家族かぞくと一緒いっしょにキャンプに行いった。↗
    I went camping with my family.
Conjugation
Dictionary formキャンプする
Polite (masu)キャンプします
Negative (nai)キャンプしない
polite (masen)キャンプしません
classical zu / nuキャンプせず・キャンプせぬ
Past (ta)キャンプした
polite (mashita)キャンプしました
Past negative (nakatta)キャンプしなかった
polite (masen deshita)キャンプしませんでした
Te formキャンプして
Potentialキャンプできる
Passiveキャンプされる
Causativeキャンプさせる
Causative passiveキャンプさせられる
Conditional (ba)キャンプすれば
taraキャンプしたら
Volitionalキャンプしよう
polite (mashou)キャンプしましょう
Imperativeキャンプしろ

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym野営やえいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Making camp overnight in the open, originally mostly military as in 「野営地」, but also used for recreational camping; more formal than 「キャンプ」.
  • Synonym宿営しゅくえいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Military term for troops staying overnight at a camp; not for leisure camping. 「キャンプ」 can also mean a military camp but usually means camping.
  • SynonymキャンピングNeutralNeutral. A loanword meaning the same as 「キャンプ」, but mostly seen in compounds like 「キャンピングカー」; rarely used on its own.
  • Synonym幕営ばくえいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Pitching tents and staying overnight; seen mostly in mountaineering records and now rare — in everyday speech say 「キャンプ」.
  • Synonym露営ろえいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Setting up camp in the open field; found in military and mountaineering contexts — for leisure camping say 「キャンプ」.
  • Related野宿のじゅくNeutralNeutral. Emphasizes spending the night outdoors, with or without a tent, as in 「公園で野宿する」; often makeshift or forced, while 「キャンプ」 is the leisure activity.
  • RelatedビバークWrittenWritten/formal prose. Mountaineering term for an unplanned emergency bivouac, as in 「山中でビバークする」; 「キャンプ」 covers camping generally and also the campsite.
  • Related露宿ろしゅくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Sleeping in the open outside; rare today — say 「野宿」 instead. 「キャンプ」 usually means tent camping.

Use 「キャンプ」 for camping and 「キャンピングカー」 for a camping car; 「野宿」 for sleeping out in the open, 「ビバーク」 for an emergency bivouac in the mountains, and 「野営」 or 「宿営」 for military camps.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. (サ変さへん)野営やえい、テントでの生活せいかつ。
  2. 登山とざん隊たいの基地きち、軍隊ぐんたいの駐屯地ちゅうとんち、兵営へいえい。
  3. 競技きょうぎの強化きょうか合宿がっしゅく。
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