体験|たいけんtaiken[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
    彼かれは自分じぶんの体験たいけんを述のべた。↗
    He described his own experience.
Conjugation
Dictionary form体験する(たいけんする)
Polite (masu)体験します(たいけんします)
Negative (nai)体験しない(たいけんしない)
polite (masen)体験しません(たいけんしません)
classical zu / nu体験せず・体験せぬ(たいけんせず・たいけんせぬ)
Past (ta)体験した(たいけんした)
polite (mashita)体験しました(たいけんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)体験しなかった(たいけんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)体験しませんでした(たいけんしませんでした)
Te form体験して(たいけんして)
Potential体験できる(たいけんできる)
Passive体験される(たいけんされる)
Causative体験させる(たいけんさせる)
Causative passive体験させられる(たいけんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)体験すれば(たいけんすれば)
tara体験したら(たいけんしたら)
Volitional体験しよう(たいけんしよう)
polite (mashou)体験しましょう(たいけんしましょう)
Imperative体験しろ(たいけんしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym経験けいけんNeutralNeutral. Means experience, as in 「仕事の経験」; it leans toward experience accumulated over time, while 「体験」 stresses what one has lived through firsthand.
  • SynonymエクスペリエンスNeutralNeutral loanword for experience, common in business terms such as 「ユーザーエクスペリエンス」.
  • Related味わうあじわうNeutralNeutral. Means to taste or savor, as in 「喜びを味わう」; it leans toward carefully savoring a feeling.
  • Related感じるかんじるNeutralNeutral. Means to feel, as in 「痛みを感じる」; it leans toward senses and emotions, and need not be a hands-on experience.
  • Related感ずるかんずるWrittenWritten/formal prose: a more literary-sounding variant of 「感じる」 with the same meaning; 「感じる」 is the usual modern form.
  • Relatedくぐり抜けるくぐりぬけるNeutralNeutral. Means to get through or survive hardship, as in 「修羅場をくぐり抜ける」; it leans toward coming through difficulty.
  • Antonym未経験みけいけんNeutralNeutral antonym. Means never having experienced something, the direct opposite of hands-on 「体験」.

Use 「体験」 for hands-on, personal experiences, as in 「体験談」 and 「体験入学」; for accumulated experience say 「経験」, for savoring a feeling 「味わう」, and the opposite is 「未経験」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 自分じぶんで、実際じっさいに経験けいけんすること。また、その経験けいけん。
  2. 一定いっていの知識ちしきや技能ぎのうの習得しゅうとくなどのために、模擬もぎ的てきに経験けいけんしてみること。
  3. (婉曲えんきょく)性的せいてき経験けいけん。
Kanji in this word
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