例示|れいじreiji[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbexemplification; illustrating by example
Conjugation
Dictionary form例示する(れいじする)
Polite (masu)例示します(れいじします)
Negative (nai)例示しない(れいじしない)
polite (masen)例示しません(れいじしません)
classical zu / nu例示せず・例示せぬ(れいじせず・れいじせぬ)
Past (ta)例示した(れいじした)
polite (mashita)例示しました(れいじしました)
Past negative (nakatta)例示しなかった(れいじしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)例示しませんでした(れいじしませんでした)
Te form例示して(れいじして)
Potential例示できる(れいじできる)
Passive例示される(れいじされる)
Causative例示させる(れいじさせる)
Causative passive例示させられる(れいじさせられる)
Conditional (ba)例示すれば(れいじすれば)
tara例示したら(れいじしたら)
Volitional例示しよう(れいじしよう)
polite (mashou)例示しましょう(れいじしましょう)
Imperative例示しろ(れいじしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym例証れいしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: using examples to prove a point, whereas 「例示」 simply presents examples.
  • Related図解ずかいNeutralNeutral: explaining with diagrams, a different means from 「例示」, which uses examples.
  • Related図説ずせつWrittenWritten/formal prose: explaining with pictures; mostly in book titles such as 「図説日本史」.
  • Related絵解きえときNeutralMore colloquial than 「例示」: explaining while looking at a picture or diagram, and by extension unravelling a mystery or clearing something up.
  • Related図示ずしWrittenWritten/formal prose: showing something as a diagram; the emphasis is on graphic representation, unlike the example-based 「例示」.
  • Related例解れいかいWrittenWritten/formal prose: explaining through examples; mostly in book titles such as 「例解辞典」.
  • Related例説れいせつWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare: illustrating by example with the emphasis on the explanation; close to 「例解」.
  • Antonym概括がいかつWrittenWritten/formal prose: summarizing or generalizing — the opposite direction from 「例示」 with its concrete examples.

Use 「例示」 for illustrating by giving examples, common in legal and other formal documents. For proving a point with examples pick 「例証」; for diagram-based explanation 「図解」 or 「図示」; 「概括」 is the opposite — summarizing rather than exemplifying.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 例れいとして示しめすこと。
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