交配|こうはいkouhai[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbmating; crossbreeding; cross-fertilization; cross-fertilisation
    馬うまとロバを交配こうはいさせるとラバが生うまれる。↗
    If you mate a horse with an ass you will get a mule.
Conjugation
Dictionary form交配する(こうはいする)
Polite (masu)交配します(こうはいします)
Negative (nai)交配しない(こうはいしない)
polite (masen)交配しません(こうはいしません)
classical zu / nu交配せず・交配せぬ(こうはいせず・こうはいせぬ)
Past (ta)交配した(こうはいした)
polite (mashita)交配しました(こうはいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)交配しなかった(こうはいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)交配しませんでした(こうはいしませんでした)
Te form交配して(こうはいして)
Potential交配できる(こうはいできる)
Passive交配される(こうはいされる)
Causative交配させる(こうはいさせる)
Causative passive交配させられる(こうはいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)交配すれば(こうはいすれば)
tara交配したら(こうはいしたら)
Volitional交配しよう(こうはいしよう)
polite (mashou)交配しましょう(こうはいしましょう)
Imperative交配しろ(こうはいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym種付けたねつけNeutralNeutral. Having a superior male mate with females; used for livestock. 「交配」 has a wider range, covering plants too.
  • Synonym交尾こうびNeutralNeutral. The act of copulation itself among animals. 「交配」 can refer to animals, and also to plant pollination and crossbreeding.
  • Synonym掛け合わせNeutralNeutral. Crossing different breeds or varieties to create new ones; close to 「交配」 but more colloquial, and confined to breeding.
  • Synonymかけ合わせNeutralNeutral. Just another way of writing 「掛け合わせ」, with the same meaning: crossing breeds or varieties to breed new ones; more colloquial than 「交配」.
  • Related交接こうせつWrittenWritten/formal prose: sexual intercourse or mating, also association with others. 「交配」 is mostly about plant and animal reproduction, including crossbreeding.
  • Related交合こうごうWrittenWritten/formal prose: sexual intercourse, mostly of humans or in literary use. 「交配」 is mostly said of plants and animals.

Use 「交配」 for mating and crossbreeding of plants and animals; 「掛け合わせ」/「かけ合わせ」 also work for breeding new varieties. For livestock breeding say 「種付け」, for the mating act of animals 「交尾」; 「交接」 and 「交合」 are written words for intercourse.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 動植物どうしょくぶつにおいて異ことなる種類しゅるいの間あいだで受粉じゅふんや受精じゅせいを行おこなうこと。
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