創業|そうぎょうsougyou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbestablishment (of a business); founding
Conjugation
Dictionary form創業する(そうぎょうする)
Polite (masu)創業します(そうぎょうします)
Negative (nai)創業しない(そうぎょうしない)
polite (masen)創業しません(そうぎょうしません)
classical zu / nu創業せず・創業せぬ(そうぎょうせず・そうぎょうせぬ)
Past (ta)創業した(そうぎょうした)
polite (mashita)創業しました(そうぎょうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)創業しなかった(そうぎょうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)創業しませんでした(そうぎょうしませんでした)
Te form創業して(そうぎょうして)
Potential創業できる(そうぎょうできる)
Passive創業される(そうぎょうされる)
Causative創業させる(そうぎょうさせる)
Causative passive創業させられる(そうぎょうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)創業すれば(そうぎょうすれば)
tara創業したら(そうぎょうしたら)
Volitional創業しよう(そうぎょうしよう)
polite (mashou)創業しましょう(そうぎょうしましょう)
Imperative創業しろ(そうぎょうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym設立せつりつNeutralFor newly setting up a company, institution or organization, as in 「会社設立」 or 「研究会を設立」; 「創業」 stresses starting a business or venture itself.
  • Synonym創設そうせつNeutralFor creating a system or organization, as in 「奨学金を創設」; 「創業」 is specifically about launching a business or venture.
  • Synonym創立そうりつNeutralFor founding a school or group, as in 「創立記念日」; 「創業」 centers on starting a commercial enterprise.
  • Synonym創建そうけんWrittenWritten/formal prose, for founding a temple or state, as in 「寺の創建」; 「創業」 is about starting a business.
  • Synonym創始そうしWrittenFor originating a school of thought or doctrine, as in 「創始者」; 「創業」 concerns launching a business venture.
  • Related開設かいせつNeutralFor opening a shop, account or counter, as in 「口座開設」; 「創業」 is about starting a business itself.
  • Related新設しんせつNeutralFor newly setting up a department or subject, as in 「新設校」; 「創業」 centers on starting a commercial venture.
  • Related打ち立てるうちたてるNeutralA verb for establishing a record or policy, as in 「記録を打ち立てる」; 「創業」 means founding a business.
  • Antonym廃業はいぎょうNeutralOpposite of 「創業」 on the opening-vs-closing axis: permanently shutting down or leaving a trade, as in 「廃業届」.
  • Antonym閉業へいぎょうNeutralMeans ceasing operation, and can also mean closing for the day; opposite of 「創業」 in the sense of stopping business.

Use 「創業」 for starting a business or venture, as in 「創業百年」 or 「創業者」. Use 「設立」 for setting up a company or organization, 「創立」 for founding schools and groups, and 「開設」 for opening shops or accounts. 「創設」「創建」「創始」「新設」 cover systems, temples, doctrines and new departments, while 「打ち立てる」 is a verb for establishing records or policies. The antonym is 「廃業」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 事業じぎょうを創はじめること。
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