刻印|こくいんkokuin[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbengraving a seal; engraved seal; inscribed seal
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbengraving; inscribing; stamping (an impression)
- nounbrand (i.e. a mark of disgrace); stamp; reputation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 刻印する（こくいんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 刻印します（こくいんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 刻印しない（こくいんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 刻印しません（こくいんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 刻印せず・刻印せぬ（こくいんせず・こくいんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 刻印した（こくいんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 刻印しました（こくいんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 刻印しなかった（こくいんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 刻印しませんでした（こくいんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 刻印して（こくいんして） |
| Potential | 刻印できる（こくいんできる） |
| Passive | 刻印される（こくいんされる） |
| Causative | 刻印させる（こくいんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 刻印させられる（こくいんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 刻印すれば（こくいんすれば） |
| tara | 刻印したら（こくいんしたら） |
| Volitional | 刻印しよう（こくいんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 刻印しましょう（こくいんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 刻印しろ（こくいんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym印鑑いんかんNeutralA seal or its impression; everyday speech says 「印鑑を押す」, and it also covers the registered seal sample on file, as in 「印鑑証明」. 刻印 is the mark carved in.
- Synonym印章いんしょうWrittenA seal in written or formal prose; stresses the physical seal itself, while 刻印 is the engraving or the carved mark.
- Synonym極印ごくいんWrittenA hallmark or brand mark, in written style; also used figuratively for a stigma, as in 「極印を押される」.
- Synonym印判いんばんWrittenAn old, written-style word for a seal, now rare; modern usage prefers 「印鑑」.
- Synonym印顆いんかWrittenA rare written word for a seal, almost unused today; say 「判子」 instead.
- RelatedしるしNeutralA general word for a mark or sign, with wide uses; stresses the mark that is made.
- Related判はんNeutralA seal, and also a judgment; typically in 「判を押す」.
- RelatedはんこCasualThe everyday colloquial word for a seal, as in 「判子を押す」; the most common choice in speech.
- Related符丁ふちょうNeutralA code or argot, especially merchants' secret price marks; 刻印 is a carved or stamped mark, not a secret code.
- Related印形いんぎょうWrittenAn old written word for a seal, rare today and seen mostly in old documents.
Use 「刻印」 for carving a mark into metal, jewelry and the like, or figuratively for a deep impression left on the mind, as in 「指輪に刻印する」「心に刻印される」. For an everyday seal say 「判子」, for a formal registered seal 「印鑑」, and for a negative brand or stigma 「極印」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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