列席|れっせきresseki[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbattendance; presence
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 列席する（れっせきする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 列席します（れっせきします） |
| Negative (nai) | 列席しない（れっせきしない） |
| polite (masen) | 列席しません（れっせきしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 列席せず・列席せぬ（れっせきせず・れっせきせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 列席した（れっせきした） |
| polite (mashita) | 列席しました（れっせきしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 列席しなかった（れっせきしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 列席しませんでした（れっせきしませんでした） |
| Te form | 列席して（れっせきして） |
| Potential | 列席できる（れっせきできる） |
| Passive | 列席される（れっせきされる） |
| Causative | 列席させる（れっせきさせる） |
| Causative passive | 列席させられる（れっせきさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 列席すれば（れっせきすれば） |
| tara | 列席したら（れっせきしたら） |
| Volitional | 列席しよう（れっせきしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 列席しましょう（れっせきしましょう） |
| Imperative | 列席しろ（れっせきしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym出席しゅっせきNeutralThe everyday word for attending, especially classes and meetings; more ordinary than 「列席」 and the usual choice in daily speech.
- Synonym参列さんれつWrittenWritten style; used for attending ceremonies such as funerals. Very close in meaning to 「列席」.
- Synonym参会さんかいWrittenWritten style; specifically for attending meetings — narrower than 「列席」, which also covers ceremonies.
- Synonym臨席りんせきFormalFormal; attending in person, used mostly for people of high standing.
- Synonym列座れつざWrittenWritten style; emphasizes taking one's seat among the others at a gathering or ceremony.
- Synonym来会らいかいWrittenWritten style; emphasizes coming to a gathering in order to attend it.
- Synonym列するれっするWrittenWritten style; emphasizes being ranked or included among a group; can also mean attending.
- Related参加さんかNeutralFocuses on joining an activity or group; implies more active involvement than 「列席」.
- Related来場らいじょうNeutralFocuses on coming to the venue; common in spoken remarks such as 「ご来場ありがとうございます」.
- Related来臨らいりんFormalFormal; an honorific for the arrival of a distinguished person.
- Related臨場りんじょうWrittenWritten style; emphasizes personally appearing on the scene, as in police 「臨場」.
- Relatedお出ましおでましFormalFormal; an honorific for someone else's attendance or presence.
- Related顔出しかおだしCasualColloquial; putting in a brief appearance, e.g. to greet people.
- Antonym欠席けっせきNeutralAntonym: absence — not attending a class or meeting.
- Antonym不在ふざいNeutralAntonym: not being present at a place, as opposed to being seated there.
Use 「列席」 in written style for attending a ceremony or meeting as a member, as in 「式典に列席する」. For everyday attendance say 「出席」; for funerals and rites, 「参列」; for the arrival of a VIP, 「臨席」 or 「ご来臨」. The opposite is 「欠席」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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