体現|たいげんtaigen[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbpersonification; impersonation; embodiment
Conjugation
Dictionary form体現する(たいげんする)
Polite (masu)体現します(たいげんします)
Negative (nai)体現しない(たいげんしない)
polite (masen)体現しません(たいげんしません)
classical zu / nu体現せず・体現せぬ(たいげんせず・たいげんせぬ)
Past (ta)体現した(たいげんした)
polite (mashita)体現しました(たいげんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)体現しなかった(たいげんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)体現しませんでした(たいげんしませんでした)
Te form体現して(たいげんして)
Potential体現できる(たいげんできる)
Passive体現される(たいげんされる)
Causative体現させる(たいげんさせる)
Causative passive体現させられる(たいげんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)体現すれば(たいげんすれば)
tara体現したら(たいげんしたら)
Volitional体現しよう(たいげんしよう)
polite (mashou)体現しましょう(たいげんしましょう)
Imperative体現しろ(たいげんしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym権化ごんげNeutralOriginally a Buddha's incarnation; now the extreme embodiment of a trait, as in 「悪の権化」. Where 体現 expresses an idea concretely, this stresses being the very symbol of it.
  • Synonym具現ぐげんWrittenWritten word for realizing something concretely; it stresses bringing an ideal to fruition, while 体現 stresses embodying an idea.
  • Synonym化身けしんNeutralIncarnation of a god or Buddha, and by extension a person or thing that concentrates a quality, as in 「正義の化身」; 体現 stresses expressing an idea concretely.
  • Related現身げんしんWrittenWritten, religious term for the mortal body living in this world, or a Buddha's incarnate form; unlike 体現, it denotes the body, not the act of embodying.
  • Related化現けげんWrittenWritten Buddhist term for a god or Buddha appearing in this world in changed form to save people; confined to religious contexts, unlike 体現.
  • Antonym抽象ちゅうしょうNeutralAntonym: abstraction — drawing out common features into a general concept, the opposite of 体現's concrete embodiment.

Use 「体現」 to express an abstract idea in concrete form — people, works, and institutions all fit, as in 「理想を体現する」 or 「チームの精神を体現」. For realizing an ideal, choose 「具現」; for extreme symbols of a quality, 「権化」 or 「化身」. The antonym is 「抽象」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 抽象的ちゅうしょうてきな事柄ことがらを具体的ぐたいてきな形かたちとして表あらわすこと。
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