収賄|しゅうわいshuuwai[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbaccepting a bribe
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 収賄する(しゅうわいする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 収賄します(しゅうわいします) |
| Negative (nai) | 収賄しない(しゅうわいしない) |
| polite (masen) | 収賄しません(しゅうわいしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 収賄せず・収賄せぬ(しゅうわいせず・しゅうわいせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 収賄した(しゅうわいした) |
| polite (mashita) | 収賄しました(しゅうわいしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 収賄しなかった(しゅうわいしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 収賄しませんでした(しゅうわいしませんでした) |
| Te form | 収賄して(しゅうわいして) |
| Potential | 収賄できる(しゅうわいできる) |
| Passive | 収賄される(しゅうわいされる) |
| Causative | 収賄させる(しゅうわいさせる) |
| Causative passive | 収賄させられる(しゅうわいさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 収賄すれば(しゅうわいすれば) |
| tara | 収賄したら(しゅうわいしたら) |
| Volitional | 収賄しよう(しゅうわいしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 収賄しましょう(しゅうわいしましょう) |
| Imperative | 収賄しろ(しゅうわいしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Related腐敗ふはいNeutralBroadly covers corruption of organizations and politics; literally means rot or decay. 「収賄」 refers specifically to a public official taking a bribe.
- Related涜職とくしょくWrittenOld-fashioned legal term for a public official defiling their office, bribery included; nowadays 「汚職」 or 「収賄」 is what people normally say.
- Related堕落腐敗だらくふはいWrittenA four-character compound for the decay of morals and public mores; very rare and written in tone. It overlaps with 「収賄」 only in the general sense of corruption.
- Antonym買収ばいしゅうNeutralIn the bribery sense, means paying money to win people over, putting it closer to the briber's side; it also commonly means a corporate takeover, a sense 「収賄」 lacks.
- Antonym贈賄ぞうわいWrittenMeans giving a bribe to a public official — the giving side of the pair with 「収賄」; the two together are called 「贈収賄」.
Use 「収賄」 for taking a bribe and 「贈賄」 for giving one; together they form 「贈収賄」. For corruption in general, 「腐敗」 or 「汚職」 is the usual word. 「買収」 leans toward the briber's side, while 「涜職」 and 「堕落腐敗」 are rare written terms.
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