区画・区劃|くかくkukaku[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
区画区画 is the most common and recommended form for learners. It is written entirely in kanji.
区劃区劃 is a kanji-only variant of 区画 and is rarely used, so learners will seldom encounter it.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbdivision; section; compartment; block; plot; lot; partition; boundary
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 区画する（くかくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 区画します（くかくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 区画しない（くかくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 区画しません（くかくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 区画せず・区画せぬ（くかくせず・くかくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 区画した（くかくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 区画しました（くかくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 区画しなかった（くかくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 区画しませんでした（くかくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 区画して（くかくして） |
| Potential | 区画できる（くかくできる） |
| Passive | 区画される（くかくされる） |
| Causative | 区画させる（くかくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 区画させられる（くかくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 区画すれば（くかくすれば） |
| tara | 区画したら（くかくしたら） |
| Volitional | 区画しよう（くかくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 区画しましょう（くかくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 区画しろ（くかくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym区域くいきNeutralAn area with set boundaries, as in 「立入禁止区域」; 「区画」 stresses a block of land or a room carved out by division.
- Synonym区分くぶんWrittenA written, fairly abstract word for dividing by category; 「区画」 is about concrete blocks of land or space.
- Synonym街区がいくNeutralA city block surrounded by roads; 「区画」 covers any divided-off piece, not just urban blocks.
- Synonym地区ちくNeutralA district within a certain scope, as in 「住宅地区」 or 「関東地区」; 「区画」 stresses a single divided-off block.
- SynonymゾーンNeutralLoanword for a zone or belt; 「区画」 stresses a block carved out by division.
- Synonym区分けくわけNeutralSplitting a whole into sections—sorting by type or dividing space, as in 「部屋の区分け」; 「区画」 is the plot itself.
- Synonym仕切るしきるNeutralA verb for partitioning space with panels, curtains or boundaries; also means to run or preside over something; 「区画」 is the block itself.
- Synonym土地とちNeutralLand itself, the most general term; 「区画」 stresses a piece marked off from it.
- SynonymブロックNeutralLoanword for a city block or a regional bloc/group; 「区画」 is a general term for a divided-off piece.
- SynonymコンパートメントNeutralLoanword for a train compartment or cabin; 「区画」 refers to divided-off space in general.
- Related分けるわけるNeutralA verb for dividing or sorting things; 「区画」 is the block left after boundaries are drawn, or the division itself.
- Related区切るくぎるNeutralA verb for marking off boundaries or punctuating text; 「区画」 is about division of space.
- RelatedエリアNeutralLoanword for an area or range; 「区画」 stresses a block carved out by division.
- Related分割ぶんかつNeutralSplitting a whole into parts, as in 「分割払い」; 「区画」 is about dividing up space.
- Related敷地しきちNeutralLand used for a building or road, as in 「学校の敷地」; 「区画」 focuses on the division itself.
- Related用地ようちNeutralLand set aside for a particular use, as in 「建設用地」; 「区画」 focuses on the divided block.
Use 「区画」 for a block divided off from land or rooms, or for the act of dividing itself, as in 「区画整理」. For a bounded area pick 「区域」, for a city block 「街区」, for a building site 「敷地」, and for land itself 「土地」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
- 仕切ること。そのしきり。境界。
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