分泌|ぶんぴつbunpitsu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
ぶんぴbunpi[0]heiban (flat)
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbsecretion
    Female hormone imbalance is a major cause of infertility.
Conjugation
Dictionary form分泌する(ぶんぴつする)
Polite (masu)分泌します(ぶんぴつします)
Negative (nai)分泌しない(ぶんぴつしない)
polite (masen)分泌しません(ぶんぴつしません)
classical zu / nu分泌せず・分泌せぬ(ぶんぴつせず・ぶんぴつせぬ)
Past (ta)分泌した(ぶんぴつした)
polite (mashita)分泌しました(ぶんぴつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)分泌しなかった(ぶんぴつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)分泌しませんでした(ぶんぴつしませんでした)
Te form分泌して(ぶんぴつして)
Potential分泌できる(ぶんぴつできる)
Passive分泌される(ぶんぴつされる)
Causative分泌させる(ぶんぴつさせる)
Causative passive分泌させられる(ぶんぴつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)分泌すれば(ぶんぴつすれば)
tara分泌したら(ぶんぴつしたら)
Volitional分泌しよう(ぶんぴつしよう)
polite (mashou)分泌しましょう(ぶんぴつしましょう)
Imperative分泌しろ(ぶんぴつしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related分泌作用WrittenNames the physiological process of secretion itself; an explanatory, written term used mainly in medical textbooks rather than everyday speech.
  • Antonym吸収きゅうしゅうNeutralAbsorption — taking something in rather than sending it out, the reverse of 「分泌」; e.g. 「栄養の吸収」. Neutral in register.

Use 「分泌」 for glands discharging liquid in the body, as in 「胃液の分泌」 and 「ホルモン分泌」; textbooks use the explanatory 「分泌作用」. The opposite is 「吸収」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 腺せん細胞さいぼうが代謝たいしゃ産物さんぶつを排出はいしゅつすること。
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