具現|ぐげんgugen[0]heiban (flat)
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- 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.
- 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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