具象|ぐしょうgushou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbconcreteness; embodiment; expressing concretely
Conjugation
Dictionary form具象する(ぐしょうする)
Polite (masu)具象します(ぐしょうします)
Negative (nai)具象しない(ぐしょうしない)
polite (masen)具象しません(ぐしょうしません)
classical zu / nu具象せず・具象せぬ(ぐしょうせず・ぐしょうせぬ)
Past (ta)具象した(ぐしょうした)
polite (mashita)具象しました(ぐしょうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)具象しなかった(ぐしょうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)具象しませんでした(ぐしょうしませんでした)
Te form具象して(ぐしょうして)
Potential具象できる(ぐしょうできる)
Passive具象される(ぐしょうされる)
Causative具象させる(ぐしょうさせる)
Causative passive具象させられる(ぐしょうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)具象すれば(ぐしょうすれば)
tara具象したら(ぐしょうしたら)
Volitional具象しよう(ぐしょうしよう)
polite (mashou)具象しましょう(ぐしょうしましょう)
Imperative具象しろ(ぐしょうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym具体化ぐたいかNeutralEveryday word for shaping a plan or idea into a definite, concrete form, as in 「計画の具体化」; common in ordinary use.
  • Synonym具体ぐたいNeutralRefers to being concrete, usually as 「具体的」; stresses clarity and specificity, and is not used of artistic style.
  • Related具現ぐげんWrittenWritten word for giving concrete realization to an ideal or idea, as in 「理想を具現する」; the emphasis is on achieving it.
  • Related体現たいげんWrittenWritten word for a person embodying an ideal, as in 「精神を体現する」; the emphasis is on someone personifying it.
  • RelatedかたどるNeutralA verb for imitating a shape or representing something in visible form; the focus is on the act of shaping or modelling.
  • Related顕現けんげんWrittenWritten word for a deity or essence appearing clearly; carries a religious flavour and belongs to formal prose.
  • Related具象化WrittenWritten term for rendering something in concrete, visible form; leans toward artistic and philosophical usage.
  • Antonym抽象ちゅうしょうNeutralThe antonym: abstraction. It stands in direct contrast to 「具象」, which implies a visible, concrete form.

Use 「具象」 for something with a visible form, mostly in art, as in 「具象画」 or 「具象的」. To work a plan out into concrete, definite form say 「具体化」; to realize an ideal say 「具現」. The antonym is 「抽象」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 目めに見みえた形かたちを備そなえていること。具体ぐたい。
  2. 形かたちで分わかりやすく明確めいかくに示しめすこと。
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