システムshisutemu
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- nounsystem
- Synonym体系たいけいWrittenWritten/formal prose. A system of theories or knowledge organized by principle, stressing logical structure; 「システム」 stresses a working, integrated mechanism.
- Synonym機構きこうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Organizations or mechanical devices, as in 「行政機構」; rather formal. 「システム」 focuses more on how things operate.
- Synonym組織そしきNeutralNeutral. A group or structure formed for a purpose; also biological tissue. Stresses the whole as constituted, not the operating process.
- Synonym系統けいとうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Systems connected in sequence, or lineages, as in 「神経系統」「赤系統」; stresses a continuous line of connection.
- Synonym制度せいどNeutralNeutral. Social rules and institutions, as in 「年金制度」; stresses regulations. 「システム」 can mean rules but also technical systems.
- Synonym体制たいせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. An organizational setup or ruling order, as in 「政治体制」「医療体制」「生産体制」; stresses organized arrangement, while 「システム」 leans toward operating mechanisms.
- Synonym系けいNeutralNeutral. A connected group forming a system, often as a suffix, as in 「太陽系」「理系」; also common in colloquial speech.
- Related仕組みしくみNeutralNeutral. The mechanism or principle behind how something works, as in 「仕組みを理解する」; common in daily use, more colloquial than 「システム」.
- Related構成こうせいNeutralNeutral. The makeup of something from its elements, as in 「文章の構成」; stresses how things are combined, not how they operate.
- RelatedメカニズムNeutralNeutral. Loanword for a mechanism or principle, as in 「発症のメカニズム」; stresses how something works internally.
- Related系列けいれつNeutralNeutral. A sequence of similar things or a corporate group, as in 「系列会社」; stresses things linked one after another.
- Related構造こうぞうNeutralNeutral. Structure or construction, stressing internal makeup, as in 「社会構造」; does not emphasize operation.
- Related組み立てくみたてNeutralNeutral. Assembly, or a structure as assembled, as in 「文の組み立て」; stresses the process of putting things together.
- RelatedストラクチャNeutralNeutral. Loanword for structure, construction or a constructed object; rather technical. In everyday speech 「構造」 is the usual choice.
- Antonym混沌こんとんWrittenWritten/formal prose. An undifferentiated, boundary-less state of chaos, the opposite of the orderly 「システム」; leans literary.
- Antonym無秩序むちつじょWrittenWritten/formal prose. Lack of order, disorder; the opposite of the systematized, well-organized 「システム」.
Use 「システム」 for an overall mechanism or a computer system. For theoretical frameworks pick 「体系」, for rules 「制度」, for how something works 「仕組み」, for organizations 「機構」, and for disorder 「無秩序」.
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