具現|ぐげんgugen[0]heiban (flat)

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

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym体現たいげんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Embodying an abstract ideal in concrete form, as in 「理想を体現する」; the subject can be a person, a work, or a building.
  • Synonym具体化ぐたいかNeutralNeutral. Making a plan or idea more detailed and definite, as in 「計画を具体化する」; giving it shape is not the same thing as carrying it out, though it may lead there.
  • Related具象ぐしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Concrete and visible in form; leans toward art, as in 「具象画」.
  • Related具体ぐたいNeutralNeutral. Concrete rather than abstract; mostly used adjectivally as 「具体的」.
  • Related顕現けんげんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Coming clearly into view, its form becoming visible; often in religious contexts.
  • Antonym抽象ちゅうしょうNeutralNeutral. Abstract; the opposite of the concrete embodiment 「具現」 describes.

For making a plan or idea more definite, say 「具体化」. In written/formal prose, 「具現」「具現化」 present an ideal in concrete form, as in 「理想を具現する」; use 「体現」 for embodying an ideal, and 「抽象」 for the opposite.

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Japanese definitions
  1. はっきり具体的ぐたいてきに現あらわすこと。
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