創業|そうぎょうsougyou[0]heiban (flat)
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- 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.
- 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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