仮装|かそうkasou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbcostume; fancy dress; masquerade; disguise
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbconverted (cruiser)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 仮装する（かそうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 仮装します（かそうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 仮装しない（かそうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 仮装しません（かそうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 仮装せず・仮装せぬ（かそうせず・かそうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 仮装した（かそうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 仮装しました（かそうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 仮装しなかった（かそうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 仮装しませんでした（かそうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 仮装して（かそうして） |
| Potential | 仮装できる（かそうできる） |
| Passive | 仮装される（かそうされる） |
| Causative | 仮装させる（かそうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 仮装させられる（かそうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 仮装すれば（かそうすれば） |
| tara | 仮装したら（かそうしたら） |
| Volitional | 仮装しよう（かそうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 仮装しましょう（かそうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 仮装しろ（かそうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym変装へんそうNeutralChanging your face or clothes to pass as someone else, usually to hide your identity; also used for performances. 「仮装」 is mostly for fun, as in 「仮装パーティー」.
- Synonym扮装ふんそうWrittenDressing up as a character, as an actor does; a written/formal word. 「仮装」 usually means dressing up for fun.
- Related偽装ぎそうNeutralFaking something to make people believe it, as in 「偽装結婚」 or 「産地偽装」; applies to identity, data, etc. 「仮装」 is about outwardly dressing up as something else.
- Related粉飾ふんしょくWrittenMaking the surface look good to cover up problems, as in 「粉飾決算」; a written/formal word. 「仮装」 is about what you wear.
- RelatedカモフラージュNeutralCamouflage or covering up the truth; the aim is not to be spotted. 「仮装」 is about dressing up as something else, and can also mean temporarily converting a warship.
- Related化けの皮ばけのかわCasualA false front that hides your true self; mostly heard in 「化けの皮が剥がれる」. Colloquial; 「仮装」 is dressing up by choice.
- Related矯飾きょうしょくWrittenWritten/formal word for affectation, putting on poses. 「仮装」 means dressing up in costume.
- Related化けばけCasualTransforming into another form or disguising yourself; also an artificial fly for fishing. Colloquial; 「仮装」 is dressing up as something else.
For fun costume, as at Halloween, use 「仮装」. To hide your identity use 「変装」; for actors playing a role, 「扮装」; for deception like 「偽装結婚」, 「偽装」. 「カモフラージュ」 is camouflage; 「化けの皮」 and 「化け」 are colloquial, 「粉飾」 and 「矯飾」 formal words for covering up.
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