具象|ぐしょうgushou[0]heiban (flat)
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- 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.
- 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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