及第|きゅうだいkyuudai[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbpassing (an examination); making the grade
    彼かれは外務大臣がいむだいじんとしてはまず及第きゅうだいといえる。↗
    I think he gets a passing mark as Foreign Minister.
Conjugation
Dictionary form及第する(きゅうだいする)
Polite (masu)及第します(きゅうだいします)
Negative (nai)及第しない(きゅうだいしない)
polite (masen)及第しません(きゅうだいしません)
classical zu / nu及第せず・及第せぬ(きゅうだいせず・きゅうだいせぬ)
Past (ta)及第した(きゅうだいした)
polite (mashita)及第しました(きゅうだいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)及第しなかった(きゅうだいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)及第しませんでした(きゅうだいしませんでした)
Te form及第して(きゅうだいして)
Potential及第できる(きゅうだいできる)
Passive及第される(きゅうだいされる)
Causative及第させる(きゅうだいさせる)
Causative passive及第させられる(きゅうだいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)及第すれば(きゅうだいすれば)
tara及第したら(きゅうだいしたら)
Volitional及第しよう(きゅうだいしよう)
polite (mashou)及第しましょう(きゅうだいしましょう)
Imperative及第しろ(きゅうだいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymパスCasualLoanword, colloquial: passing a test or inspection. Also covers passes and passing a ball — senses 「及第」 lacks.
  • Synonym合格ごうかくNeutralThe most common modern word for passing an exam; 「及第」 has an old imperial-examination flavor and is now seen mostly in 「及第点」.
  • Synonym受かるうかるNeutralA verb: to pass an exam or get in; common in everyday speech and more casual than 「及第」.
  • Antonym落第らくだいNeutralThe antonym: failing an exam or having to repeat a year; like 「及第」, it carries an old-fashioned flavor.

In everyday speech, passing an exam is 「合格」 or the more casual 「受かる」. 「及第」 today survives chiefly in 「及第点」, a barely passing mark; 「落第」 is its opposite.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 試験しけんに合格ごうかくすること。
  2. (自動詞じどうし) 試験しけんに合格ごうかくする。
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