収拾|しゅうしゅうshuushuu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbcontrol; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
    事態じたいは収拾しゅうしゅうに向むかいつつある。↗
    The situation is gradually moving towards a resolution.
Conjugation
Dictionary form収拾する(しゅうしゅうする)
Polite (masu)収拾します(しゅうしゅうします)
Negative (nai)収拾しない(しゅうしゅうしない)
polite (masen)収拾しません(しゅうしゅうしません)
classical zu / nu収拾せず・収拾せぬ(しゅうしゅうせず・しゅうしゅうせぬ)
Past (ta)収拾した(しゅうしゅうした)
polite (mashita)収拾しました(しゅうしゅうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)収拾しなかった(しゅうしゅうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)収拾しませんでした(しゅうしゅうしませんでした)
Te form収拾して(しゅうしゅうして)
Potential収拾できる(しゅうしゅうできる)
Passive収拾される(しゅうしゅうされる)
Causative収拾させる(しゅうしゅうさせる)
Causative passive収拾させられる(しゅうしゅうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)収拾すれば(しゅうしゅうすれば)
tara収拾したら(しゅうしゅうしたら)
Volitional収拾しよう(しゅうしゅうしよう)
polite (mashou)収拾しましょう(しゅうしゅうしましょう)
Imperative収拾しろ(しゅうしゅうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related整えるととのえるNeutralA verb for tidying, arranging or adjusting things and states. 「収拾」 is narrower: it means calming a chaotic situation, as in 「事態を収拾する」.
  • Related整理せいりNeutralSorting and organizing things, or clearing away the unneeded (also liquidation, layoffs). 「収拾」 is about bringing a chaotic situation under control.
  • Related整頓せいとんWrittenWritten/formal prose word for tidying things up neatly, as in 「整理整頓」. 「収拾」 instead means settling a confused situation.
  • Antonym拡散かくさんWrittenWritten/formal prose word for spreading or diffusion. It is not a true antonym of 「収拾」, which calms a situation rather than scattering something.
  • Antonym混乱こんらんNeutralConfusion or disorder. It names the chaotic state that 「収拾」 describes bringing under control, making them natural opposites.

Use 「収拾」 for settling or bringing a chaotic situation under control, as in 「収拾がつかない」 or 「事態を収拾する」. For tidying or sorting things use 「整理」 or 「整頓」, and for getting things or states in order use 「整える」; the opposite state is 「混乱」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 混乱こんらんしている状態じょうたいを収おさめること。
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