君臨|くんりんkunrin[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbreigning (over a country)
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdominating; controlling; dictating
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 君臨する（くんりんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 君臨します（くんりんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 君臨しない（くんりんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 君臨しません（くんりんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 君臨せず・君臨せぬ（くんりんせず・くんりんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 君臨した（くんりんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 君臨しました（くんりんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 君臨しなかった（くんりんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 君臨しませんでした（くんりんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 君臨して（くんりんして） |
| Potential | 君臨できる（くんりんできる） |
| Passive | 君臨される（くんりんされる） |
| Causative | 君臨させる（くんりんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 君臨させられる（くんりんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 君臨すれば（くんりんすれば） |
| tara | 君臨したら（くんりんしたら） |
| Volitional | 君臨しよう（くんりんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 君臨しましょう（くんりんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 君臨しろ（くんりんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym統治とうちNeutralGoverning a country or region, with the emphasis on exercising power; 「君臨」 adds the nuance of reigning from above like a monarch.
- Synonym支配しはいNeutralA broad word for controlling or dominating people and things; 「君臨」 stresses sitting high at the top like a monarch.
- Synonym治めるおさめるNeutralTo govern and keep something in order, as in 「国を治める」; the emphasis is on orderly rule rather than monarch-like dominance.
- Related制覇せいはNeutralConquering or seizing supremacy; also winning a championship, as in 「全国制覇」; the emphasis is on taking the top.
- Related統べるすべるWrittenWritten word for commanding or overseeing the whole; it can also mean uniting several things into one.
- Related統御とうぎょWrittenWritten term for controlling and directing the whole as one; rare in modern use.
- Related統領とうりょうWrittenWritten word for leading and commanding people; it also means the consuls of ancient Rome and of France; rare today.
- RelatedしろしめすWrittenArchaic word for ruling or knowing, used mainly of the emperor; not used in modern Japanese.
- Related領知りょうちWrittenHistorical term for holding and ruling a territory such as one's land or domain.
- Antonym服従ふくじゅうNeutralObedience — quietly following another's commands; the opposite of 「君臨」 ruling from on high.
- Antonym隷属れいぞくWrittenWritten word for being under another's control, in servitude; the opposite of 「君臨」.
Use 「君臨」 for reigning at the very top like a monarch or dominating a field, as in 「業界に君臨する」. For governing a country say 「統治」, and for control in general say 「支配」. The opposites are 「服従」 (obeying) and 「隷属」 (being subjugated).
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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