亡命|ぼうめいboumei[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbfleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
    彼かれは他たの大勢おおぜいの人ひと達たちと共ともに亡命ぼうめいした。↗
    Along with thousands of others, he fled the country.
Conjugation
Dictionary form亡命する(ぼうめいする)
Polite (masu)亡命します(ぼうめいします)
Negative (nai)亡命しない(ぼうめいしない)
polite (masen)亡命しません(ぼうめいしません)
classical zu / nu亡命せず・亡命せぬ(ぼうめいせず・ぼうめいせぬ)
Past (ta)亡命した(ぼうめいした)
polite (mashita)亡命しました(ぼうめいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)亡命しなかった(ぼうめいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)亡命しませんでした(ぼうめいしませんでした)
Te form亡命して(ぼうめいして)
Potential亡命できる(ぼうめいできる)
Passive亡命される(ぼうめいされる)
Causative亡命させる(ぼうめいさせる)
Causative passive亡命させられる(ぼうめいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)亡命すれば(ぼうめいすれば)
tara亡命したら(ぼうめいしたら)
Volitional亡命しよう(ぼうめいしよう)
polite (mashou)亡命しましょう(ぼうめいしましょう)
Imperative亡命しろ(ぼうめいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Antonym帰国きこくNeutralNeutral word for returning to one's own country; it stands opposite 「亡命」 as coming home versus fleeing, as in 「帰国子女」.
  • Antonym帰郷ききょうWrittenWritten word for returning to one's hometown; not a strict antonym of 「亡命」, it only contrasts with it as returning versus leaving.
  • Antonym帰還きかんWrittenWritten term for coming back from a distant place, as in 「宇宙から帰還する」; it contrasts with 「亡命」 as return versus flight.

Use 「亡命」 for fleeing one's country for political reasons or seeking asylum, as in 「亡命政権」「亡命者」. Its antonyms are 「帰国」 and 「帰還」; 「帰郷」, for going home, is only a loose contrast.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 政治上せいじじょうの理由りゆうなどにより本国ほんごくを脱出だっしゅつし他国たこくに逃のがれること。
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