啓発|けいはつkeihatsu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbenlightenment; development; edification; public awareness; illumination; education; inspiration
    というわけで、人材じんざいを啓発けいはつするためのセンターが日本にっぽんに作つくられるべきであろう。↗
    Therefore, a center for the development of human resources should be built in Japan.
Conjugation
Dictionary form啓発する(けいはつする)
Polite (masu)啓発します(けいはつします)
Negative (nai)啓発しない(けいはつしない)
polite (masen)啓発しません(けいはつしません)
classical zu / nu啓発せず・啓発せぬ(けいはつせず・けいはつせぬ)
Past (ta)啓発した(けいはつした)
polite (mashita)啓発しました(けいはつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)啓発しなかった(けいはつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)啓発しませんでした(けいはつしませんでした)
Te form啓発して(けいはつして)
Potential啓発できる(けいはつできる)
Passive啓発される(けいはつされる)
Causative啓発させる(けいはつさせる)
Causative passive啓発させられる(けいはつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)啓発すれば(けいはつすれば)
tara啓発したら(けいはつしたら)
Volitional啓発しよう(けいはつしよう)
polite (mashou)啓発しましょう(けいはつしましょう)
Imperative啓発しろ(けいはつしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym教化きょうかWrittenWritten/formal prose. Refers to guiding and morally educating people, often with a preachy or religious flavour; 「啓発」 is more about raising awareness, as in 「啓発活動」.
  • Synonym啓蒙けいもうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means enlightening people out of ignorance, as in 「啓蒙思想」; 「啓発」 is more about raising awareness of a particular issue.
  • Related教育きょういくNeutralNeutral register. Means systematically educating and training people; 「啓発」 is more about awakening awareness and getting a point understood.
  • Antonym蒙昧もうまいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means ignorance or lack of enlightenment; it stands at the opposite pole to 「啓発」 on the enlightenment–ignorance axis.

Use 「啓発」 to awaken awareness of an issue, as in 「自己啓発」 or 「啓発活動」. For enlightening the public pick 「啓蒙」, for moral cultivation 「教化」, for systematic schooling 「教育」; the opposite is 「蒙昧」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. ある物事ものごとについて知識ちしきを与あたえ、分わからせること。
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