喚起|かんきkanki[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbarousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
    この本ほんがあなたの想像力そうぞうりょくを喚起かんきしてくれるでしょう。↗
    This book will awaken your imagination.
Conjugation
Dictionary form喚起する(かんきする)
Polite (masu)喚起します(かんきします)
Negative (nai)喚起しない(かんきしない)
polite (masen)喚起しません(かんきしません)
classical zu / nu喚起せず・喚起せぬ(かんきせず・かんきせぬ)
Past (ta)喚起した(かんきした)
polite (mashita)喚起しました(かんきしました)
Past negative (nakatta)喚起しなかった(かんきしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)喚起しませんでした(かんきしませんでした)
Te form喚起して(かんきして)
Potential喚起できる(かんきできる)
Passive喚起される(かんきされる)
Causative喚起させる(かんきさせる)
Causative passive喚起させられる(かんきさせられる)
Conditional (ba)喚起すれば(かんきすれば)
tara喚起したら(かんきしたら)
Volitional喚起しよう(かんきしよう)
polite (mashou)喚起しましょう(かんきしましょう)
Imperative喚起しろ(かんきしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym掻き立てるかきたてるNeutralStirs up interest and emotions, also stokes a fire; it centers on whipping feelings up, while 「喚起」 is more written in tone and said of attention and public opinion.
  • SynonymそそるNeutralWhets the appetite or arouses curiosity, as in 「食欲をそそる」; it stresses how enticing something is.
  • Antonym鎮静ちんせいNeutralAn antonym: it calms emotions or agitation and settles things down, the opposite of the rousing 「喚起」.
  • Antonym抑制よくせいNeutralAn antonym: it means suppressing or holding back, the direct opposite of 「喚起」's calling something up.

Use 「喚起」 for calling up attention, awareness, or public opinion, as in 「注意を喚起する」; it leans written. Stir up emotions with 「掻き立てる」 and whet the appetite with 「そそる」; the opposite is 「抑制」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. (注意ちゅういなどを)呼び起よびおこすこと。
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