システムshisutemu

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounsystem
    このシステムには明あきらかな欠陥けっかんがある。↗
    This system has obvious defects.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 相互そうごに影響えいきょうを及およぼしあう要素ようそから構成こうせいされる、まとまりや仕組しくみの全体ぜんたい。
  2. 体系たいけい、系けい。
  3. 方法ほうほう、制度せいど。
  4. 組織そしき、体制たいせい。
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