創始|そうしsoushi[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbcreation; founding; initiating
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 創始する（そうしする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 創始します（そうしします） |
| Negative (nai) | 創始しない（そうししない） |
| polite (masen) | 創始しません（そうししません） |
| classical zu / nu | 創始せず・創始せぬ（そうしせず・そうしせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 創始した（そうしした） |
| polite (mashita) | 創始しました（そうししました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 創始しなかった（そうししなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 創始しませんでした（そうししませんでした） |
| Te form | 創始して（そうしして） |
| Potential | 創始できる（そうしできる） |
| Passive | 創始される（そうしされる） |
| Causative | 創始させる（そうしさせる） |
| Causative passive | 創始させられる（そうしさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 創始すれば（そうしすれば） |
| tara | 創始したら（そうししたら） |
| Volitional | 創始しよう（そうししよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 創始しましょう（そうししましょう） |
| Imperative | 創始しろ（そうししろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym創設そうせつWrittenWritten/formal. Setting up an organization or system, as in 「基金を創設」; 創始 stresses being first to create a new thing or school of thought.
- Synonym創立そうりつWrittenWritten/formal. Founding of institutions like schools and companies, e.g. 「創立記念日」; 創始 is about originating something new.
- Synonym創業そうぎょうNeutralNeutral. Starting a shop or business, as in 「創業百年」; 創始 is broader — first creating a new thing or field.
- Synonym創建そうけんWrittenWritten/formal. The original construction of a building, esp. a temple, as in 「創建当時」; 創始 is about first starting something new.
- Synonym草創そうそうWrittenWritten/formal. The earliest period of a venture, as in 「草創期」; 創始 is the act of first starting it.
- Related設立せつりつWrittenWritten/formal. Setting up a company, school or institution, e.g. 「会社設立」; 創始 stresses first creating something new.
- Related開設かいせつNeutralNeutral. Opening something for use — accounts, websites, service counters — as in 「口座開設」; 創始 is about originating something new.
- Related発足ほっそくWrittenWritten/formal. An organization officially starting up, as in 「新体制が発足」; stresses beginning to operate rather than the act of founding.
- Related樹立じゅりつWrittenWritten/formal. Building up ties or setting records, e.g. 「新記録樹立」; 創始 means first creating a new thing or school.
- Related創造そうぞうNeutralNeutral. Creating something that never existed before, as in 「天地創造」; 創始 is about first starting it.
- Related創出そうしゅつWrittenWritten/formal. Generating something new, esp. value or jobs, e.g. 「雇用創出」; 創始 is about first starting something new.
- Related創成そうせいWrittenWritten/formal. The early formation of an organization or venture; 創始 stresses being the first to start it.
- Antonym終了しゅうりょうNeutralNeutral. Coming to an end or finishing — the opposite of 創始, which is about starting something new.
- Antonym廃止はいしWrittenWritten/formal. Abolishing a system or practice, e.g. 「制度廃止」; the opposite of founding or initiating with 創始.
Use 「創始」 for first creating something new, such as a school or discipline: 「創始者」, 「柔道を創始する」. For founding an organization say 「創立」 or 「創設」; for starting a business 「創業」; for incorporating a company 「設立」; for a venture's early days 「草創」. The opposites are 「終了」 and 「廃止」.
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