一喝|いっかつikkatsu[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbsharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbrebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 一喝する（いっかつする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 一喝します（いっかつします） |
| Negative (nai) | 一喝しない（いっかつしない） |
| polite (masen) | 一喝しません（いっかつしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 一喝せず・一喝せぬ（いっかつせず・いっかつせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 一喝した（いっかつした） |
| polite (mashita) | 一喝しました（いっかつしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 一喝しなかった（いっかつしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 一喝しませんでした（いっかつしませんでした） |
| Te form | 一喝して（いっかつして） |
| Potential | 一喝できる（いっかつできる） |
| Passive | 一喝される（いっかつされる） |
| Causative | 一喝させる（いっかつさせる） |
| Causative passive | 一喝させられる（いっかつさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 一喝すれば（いっかつすれば） |
| tara | 一喝したら（いっかつしたら） |
| Volitional | 一喝しよう（いっかつしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 一喝しましょう（いっかつしましょう） |
| Imperative | 一喝しろ（いっかつしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym大喝だいかつWrittenAlso a loud rebuke, much like 「一喝」, but rarer and stressing sheer volume — a thunderous bellow.
- Related怒鳴るどなるNeutralA neutral verb for yelling or bawling someone out in anger; 「一喝」 is one authoritative rebuke that stops the listener cold.
- Related吠えるほえるNeutralMostly dogs barking or beasts howling, but also people yelling and wind or waves roaring; 「一喝」 is one sharp rebuke aimed at someone to cow them.
- Related咆哮ほうこうWrittenA written word for a beast's roar, or figuratively a person's furious bellow on a grand scale; 「一喝」 is a single rebuke meant to check someone.
- Related哮るたけるWrittenA rare, literary verb for the fierce roar of a beast or a person; 「一喝」 is a rebuke directed at a person, not just a roar.
- Antonym沈黙ちんもくNeutralStaying silent, as in 「沈黙を守る」; the opposite of the sharp rebuke 「一喝」 delivers.
- AntonymしじまWrittenRead 「しじま」; a literary word for utter stillness, everything gone quiet — the opposite of the sharp shout that breaks the silence.
- Antonym宥めNeutralSoothing and coaxing someone calm — the opposite of pressing them into silence with a sharp rebuke like 「一喝」.
For yelling at or scolding someone loudly, use 「怒鳴る」. For one authoritative rebuke that stops someone — 「父の一喝で静まる」 — or the shout a Zen master uses to jolt a student toward enlightenment, use 「一喝」. For beasts roaring, 「咆哮」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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