仮設|かせつkasetsu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. no-adjective, suru verb, transitive verbtemporary construction; temporary establishment; provisional construction
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, logic, mathassumption; supposition
Conjugation
Dictionary form仮設する(かせつする)
Polite (masu)仮設します(かせつします)
Negative (nai)仮設しない(かせつしない)
polite (masen)仮設しません(かせつしません)
classical zu / nu仮設せず・仮設せぬ(かせつせず・かせつせぬ)
Past (ta)仮設した(かせつした)
polite (mashita)仮設しました(かせつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)仮設しなかった(かせつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)仮設しませんでした(かせつしませんでした)
Te form仮設して(かせつして)
Potential仮設できる(かせつできる)
Passive仮設される(かせつされる)
Causative仮設させる(かせつさせる)
Causative passive仮設させられる(かせつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)仮設すれば(かせつすれば)
tara仮設したら(かせつしたら)
Volitional仮設しよう(かせつしよう)
polite (mashou)仮設しましょう(かせつしましょう)
Imperative仮設しろ(かせつしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related仮定かていNeutralAn assumption set provisionally for the sake of reasoning, as in 「仮定の話」; 「仮設」 mostly means a temporary structure, as in 「仮設住宅」.
  • Related想定そうていNeutralPicturing or assuming a situation in advance, as in 「想定外」 and 「想定する」; common in both everyday and formal contexts, while 「仮設」 leans toward temporary facilities.
  • Related仮想かそうNeutralImaginary or virtual rather than physically built, as in 「仮想通貨」 and 「仮想空間」; 「仮設」 is about temporary construction.
  • Related仮説かせつWrittenWritten/formal prose: a hypothesis offered to explain something not yet understood, as in 「仮説を立てる」; 「仮設」 leans toward temporary facilities.
  • Antonym恒久こうきゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose: permanence; it stands opposite 「仮設」 as permanent versus temporary.
  • Antonym本設WrittenWritten/formal prose: the official, permanent facility, the opposite of 「仮設」 in the temporary-versus-formal contrast.

Use 「仮設」 for temporary structures such as 「仮設住宅」 and 「仮設トイレ」; in written prose it can also mean an assumption. For an assumption in reasoning pick 「仮定」, for a hypothesis 「仮説」; the opposites are 「恒久」 and 「本設」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 仮かりに設置せっちすること。
  2. 実際じっさいにはないものをあると仮定かていすること。
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