処理|しょりshori[1]atamadaka (head-high)
This browser can't play pronunciations (needs Safari 18.4 or later, or Chrome / Edge / Firefox).
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbprocessing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposalあなたはあの車をどう処理したのですか？↗What did you do with that car?
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 処理する（しょりする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 処理します（しょりします） |
| Negative (nai) | 処理しない（しょりしない） |
| polite (masen) | 処理しません（しょりしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 処理せず・処理せぬ（しょりせず・しょりせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 処理した（しょりした） |
| polite (mashita) | 処理しました（しょりしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 処理しなかった（しょりしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 処理しませんでした（しょりしませんでした） |
| Te form | 処理して（しょりして） |
| Potential | 処理できる（しょりできる） |
| Passive | 処理される（しょりされる） |
| Causative | 処理させる（しょりさせる） |
| Causative passive | 処理させられる（しょりさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 処理すれば（しょりすれば） |
| tara | 処理したら（しょりしたら） |
| Volitional | 処理しよう（しょりしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 処理しましょう（しょりしましょう） |
| Imperative | 処理しろ（しょりしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym加工かこうNeutralFor working on and transforming raw materials, images, etc.; 「処理」is broader, covering handling of tasks and affairs in general, of which this is one sense.
- Synonym対処たいしょNeutralTargets a problem or situation and takes appropriate measures, with the focus on coping; 「処理」focuses on getting the matter done and out of the way.
- Synonym始末しまつNeutralMeans cleaning up or settling a mess, often with the nuance of dealing with the fallout; it also means the course of events or a (usually bad) outcome.
- Synonym処分しょぶんNeutralCovers disposing of things, throwing them away or selling them off, and also handing out punishment; 「処理」has no sense of penalizing anyone.
- Synonym片付けるかたづけるNeutralAn everyday verb for tidying things up and also for settling or finishing a matter; very common in speech, whereas 「処理」leans formal and technical.
- Antonym放置ほうちNeutralMeans leaving something as it is and not dealing with it — the opposite of taking a matter in hand and processing it.
- Antonym未処理みしょりNeutralDescribes something not yet dealt with or unprocessed, as in 「未処理の案件」; the opposite of a matter that has been handled.
Use 「処理」for handling tasks and processing data. For coping with a problem or situation, choose 「対処」; for throwing things away, selling off, or punishing, 「処分」; for everyday tidying or wrapping things up, 「片付ける」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
Kanji in this word
English equivalents
See also
