処置|しょちshochi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbmeasure; step; dealing with
    私わたしたちは必要ひつような処置しょちを講こうじた。↗
    We took the necessary measures.
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbmedical treatment
Conjugation
Dictionary form処置する(しょちする)
Polite (masu)処置します(しょちします)
Negative (nai)処置しない(しょちしない)
polite (masen)処置しません(しょちしません)
classical zu / nu処置せず・処置せぬ(しょちせず・しょちせぬ)
Past (ta)処置した(しょちした)
polite (mashita)処置しました(しょちしました)
Past negative (nakatta)処置しなかった(しょちしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)処置しませんでした(しょちしませんでした)
Te form処置して(しょちして)
Potential処置できる(しょちできる)
Passive処置される(しょちされる)
Causative処置させる(しょちさせる)
Causative passive処置させられる(しょちさせられる)
Conditional (ba)処置すれば(しょちすれば)
tara処置したら(しょちしたら)
Volitional処置しよう(しょちしよう)
polite (mashou)処置しましょう(しょちしましょう)
Imperative処置しろ(しょちしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym対処たいしょNeutralResponding to a situation, as in 「迅速に対処する」; stresses adapting to circumstances, while 「処置」 stresses the concrete measures taken or medical treatment given.
  • Related取り扱いとりあつかいNeutralHandling or operating things and processing business, as in 「取り扱い説明書」; focuses on how something is used, not on measures taken.
  • Related扱いあつかいNeutralHow a person or thing is treated or regarded, as in 「子供扱い」; about one's manner of treating, not about measures or medical care.
  • RelatedあしらいNeutralOne's way of dealing with people or things, as in 「客あしらい」; also means garnish or decoration on dishes and flowers, while 「処置」 is about taking measures.

Use 「処置」 for measures taken or medical treatment, as in 「応急処置」. For responding to a situation choose 「対処」, for operating or handling things 「取り扱い」, and for how people or things are treated 「扱い」 or 「あしらい」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 状況じょうきょうに応おうじた判断はんだんを下くだして扱あつかいを決きめること。
  2. 傷きずや病気びょうきの手当てあてをすること。
Kanji in this word

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