例示|れいじreiji[0]heiban (flat)
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- 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.
- 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.
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- 例として示すこと。


