営巣|えいそうeisou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbuilding a nest
Conjugation
Dictionary form営巣する(えいそうする)
Polite (masu)営巣します(えいそうします)
Negative (nai)営巣しない(えいそうしない)
polite (masen)営巣しません(えいそうしません)
classical zu / nu営巣せず・営巣せぬ(えいそうせず・えいそうせぬ)
Past (ta)営巣した(えいそうした)
polite (mashita)営巣しました(えいそうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)営巣しなかった(えいそうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)営巣しませんでした(えいそうしませんでした)
Te form営巣して(えいそうして)
Potential営巣できる(えいそうできる)
Passive営巣される(えいそうされる)
Causative営巣させる(えいそうさせる)
Causative passive営巣させられる(えいそうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)営巣すれば(えいそうすれば)
tara営巣したら(えいそうしたら)
Volitional営巣しよう(えいそうしよう)
polite (mashou)営巣しましょう(えいそうしましょう)
Imperative営巣しろ(えいそうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym巣食うすくうNeutralA verb for nesting and dwelling somewhere; often figurative, for villains entrenched in a place or a disease lurking, as in 「悪が巣食う」.
  • Related巣籠るすごもるNeutralA verb for a bird staying in its nest to incubate eggs and raise chicks; in recent years also applied to people staying home, as in 「巣ごもり消費」.
  • Related就巣しゅうそうWrittenWritten term for a bird settling onto its nest and brooding; ornithological jargon, focused on the brooding stage.
  • Related巣篭もるNeutralAnother spelling of 「巣籠る」: a verb for a bird brooding and rearing its chicks in the nest. Fairly rare, and a verb, whereas 「営巣」 is a noun with a biological slant.

Use 「営巣」 for animals building nests and living in them; it leans biological, as in 「営巣地」. For brooding eggs say 「就巣」; for staying in the nest — or at home — say 「巣籠る」; for a figurative grip on a place, 「巣食う」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 動物どうぶつが巣すを作つくり、営いとなむこと。
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