創設|そうせつsousetsu[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbestablishment; founding; organization; organisation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 創設する（そうせつする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 創設します（そうせつします） |
| Negative (nai) | 創設しない（そうせつしない） |
| polite (masen) | 創設しません（そうせつしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 創設せず・創設せぬ（そうせつせず・そうせつせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 創設した（そうせつした） |
| polite (mashita) | 創設しました（そうせつしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 創設しなかった（そうせつしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 創設しませんでした（そうせつしませんでした） |
| Te form | 創設して（そうせつして） |
| Potential | 創設できる（そうせつできる） |
| Passive | 創設される（そうせつされる） |
| Causative | 創設させる（そうせつさせる） |
| Causative passive | 創設させられる（そうせつさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 創設すれば（そうせつすれば） |
| tara | 創設したら（そうせつしたら） |
| Volitional | 創設しよう（そうせつしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 創設しましょう（そうせつしましょう） |
| Imperative | 創設しろ（そうせつしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym設立せつりつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Founding companies, schools, and organizations, as in 「会社設立」; 創設 leans toward first-time creation of systems, institutions, or awards.
- Synonym創立そうりつWrittenWritten/formal prose. The founding of schools and companies, as in 「創立記念日」; stresses an institution's coming into being.
- Synonym設置せっちWrittenWritten/formal prose. Setting up a body or installing equipment, as in 「委員会を設置」.
- Synonym開設かいせつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Opening something and putting it into use or operation, as in 「口座開設」; stresses facilities or accounts going into service.
- Synonym創始そうしWrittenWritten/formal prose. Originating something for the first time, as in 「柔道を創始する」; stresses the beginning or origin of a thing.
- Synonym創建そうけんWrittenWritten/formal prose. First building or founding temples and the like, as in 「寺の創建」; leans toward historic buildings.
- Synonym新設しんせつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Newly setting something up, as in 「新設校」; leans toward adding new facilities or units.
- Synonym草創そうそうWrittenWritten/formal prose. The founding or very beginning of an undertaking, as in 「草創期」; stresses the earliest pioneering phase.
- Synonym結成けっせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Forming an organization by people banding together, as in 「政党を結成」; stresses the gathering of people.
- Synonym創業そうぎょうNeutralNeutral. Starting a business, as in 「創業百年」; specific to launching commercial ventures.
- Related設けるもうけるNeutralNeutral native verb with a broad range: providing or setting up rules, places, and the like, as in 「場を設ける」.
- Related樹立じゅりつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Firmly establishing a government or setting a record, as in 「記録を樹立する」; stresses solid establishment.
- Related発足ほっそくWrittenWritten/formal prose. An organization starting up, as in 「新内閣が発足」; an intransitive verb.
- Related築き上げるきずきあげるNeutralNeutral. Building something up step by step, as in 「地位を築き上げる」; stresses long-term accumulation rather than a single act of founding.
- Related確立かくりつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Firmly establishing a system or its standing; stresses making it secure rather than newly creating it.
- Related設定せっていNeutralNeutral. Setting parameters or a background scenario, as in 「初期設定」; stresses configuring conditions, not founding.
- Antonym廃止はいしWrittenWritten/formal prose. Abolishing a system or practice; the antonym of 創設's act of creating.
- Antonym解散かいさんNeutralNeutral. Dissolving an organization; the antonym of 創設's act of creating.
Use 「創設」 for creating a system, institution, or award for the first time, as in 「賞を創設する」 and 「新制度の創設」. For incorporating a company say 「設立」; for a school's founding say 「創立」. The opposites are 「廃止」 for abolishing a system and 「解散」 for dissolving an organization.
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