具体化|ぐたいかgutaika

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbembodiment; materialization; actualization; realization; taking form; taking shape
    その案あんは具体化ぐたいかされた。↗
    The idea was brought into shape.
Conjugation
Dictionary form具体化する(ぐたいかする)
Polite (masu)具体化します(ぐたいかします)
Negative (nai)具体化しない(ぐたいかしない)
polite (masen)具体化しません(ぐたいかしません)
classical zu / nu具体化せず・具体化せぬ(ぐたいかせず・ぐたいかせぬ)
Past (ta)具体化した(ぐたいかした)
polite (mashita)具体化しました(ぐたいかしました)
Past negative (nakatta)具体化しなかった(ぐたいかしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)具体化しませんでした(ぐたいかしませんでした)
Te form具体化して(ぐたいかして)
Potential具体化できる(ぐたいかできる)
Passive具体化される(ぐたいかされる)
Causative具体化させる(ぐたいかさせる)
Causative passive具体化させられる(ぐたいかさせられる)
Conditional (ba)具体化すれば(ぐたいかすれば)
tara具体化したら(ぐたいかしたら)
Volitional具体化しよう(ぐたいかしよう)
polite (mashou)具体化しましょう(ぐたいかしましょう)
Imperative具体化しろ(ぐたいかしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym具現ぐげんWrittenWritten/formal prose: embodying an ideal in concrete form, as in 「理想の具現」; 「具体化」 leans toward fleshing out plans.
  • Synonym実現じつげんNeutralNeutral word for realization, as in 「夢の実現」; 「具体化」 is the process of moving from abstract to concrete.
  • Synonym具象化WrittenWritten/formal prose: turning an abstract concept into a concrete image, often in art; 「具体化」 leans toward plans.
  • Related現実化げんじつかWrittenWritten/formal prose: a plan becoming reality; 「具体化」 is more about making an idea concrete and clearly defined.
  • Related形に成るNeutralPlain, neutral way to say something takes shape; 「具体化」 is more formal, for working an abstract idea into concrete form.
  • Antonym抽象化ちゅうしょうかWrittenWritten/formal prose: abstraction — the direct opposite of 「具体化」.

Use 「具体化」 to put an abstract idea into concrete form, as in 「計画を具体化する」. For realization choose 「実現」, for embodying an ideal 「具現」, for artistic concretization 「具象化」; 「形に成る」 is the plain everyday way to say it, and 「抽象化」 is the opposite.

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はっきりした形かたちとして表あらわすこと。
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