助長|じょちょうjochou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbpromotion; encouragement; fostering; furtherance
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbunwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help; disservice
Conjugation
Dictionary form助長する(じょちょうする)
Polite (masu)助長します(じょちょうします)
Negative (nai)助長しない(じょちょうしない)
polite (masen)助長しません(じょちょうしません)
classical zu / nu助長せず・助長せぬ(じょちょうせず・じょちょうせぬ)
Past (ta)助長した(じょちょうした)
polite (mashita)助長しました(じょちょうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)助長しなかった(じょちょうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)助長しませんでした(じょちょうしませんでした)
Te form助長して(じょちょうして)
Potential助長できる(じょちょうできる)
Passive助長される(じょちょうされる)
Causative助長させる(じょちょうさせる)
Causative passive助長させられる(じょちょうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)助長すれば(じょちょうすれば)
tara助長したら(じょちょうしたら)
Volitional助長しよう(じょちょうしよう)
polite (mashou)助長しましょう(じょちょうしましょう)
Imperative助長しろ(じょちょうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym助成じょせいWrittenWritten/formal prose word for financial support or subsidies, as in 「助成金」. Neutral and positive, lacking 助長's sense of unintentionally making a bad tendency worse.
  • Related育成いくせいNeutralCultivating or training people over the long term, as in 「人材育成」. Positive, and unlike 助長 it never implies making something bad worse.
  • Antonym抑制よくせいWrittenWritten/formal prose for holding something in check or restraining it — the direct opposite of 助長's fostering of a tendency.
  • Antonym阻止そしNeutralStopping or preventing something from happening — the opposite of 助長, which fans a tendency along rather than holding it back.

Use 「助長」 for making a (usually bad) tendency worse, as in 「差別を助長する」「不安を助長する」. For financial support say 「助成」, for cultivating people 「育成」; to hold a tendency in check say 「抑制」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 力ちからを貸かして、成長せいちょうや発展はってんを助たすけること。
  2. 無理むりに力ちからを添そえてある傾向けいこうが強つよくなり、かえって害がいになること。
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