宣告|せんこくsenkoku[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbsentence; verdict; pronouncement
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 宣告する(せんこくする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 宣告します(せんこくします) |
| Negative (nai) | 宣告しない(せんこくしない) |
| polite (masen) | 宣告しません(せんこくしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 宣告せず・宣告せぬ(せんこくせず・せんこくせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 宣告した(せんこくした) |
| polite (mashita) | 宣告しました(せんこくしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 宣告しなかった(せんこくしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 宣告しませんでした(せんこくしませんでした) |
| Te form | 宣告して(せんこくして) |
| Potential | 宣告できる(せんこくできる) |
| Passive | 宣告される(せんこくされる) |
| Causative | 宣告させる(せんこくさせる) |
| Causative passive | 宣告させられる(せんこくさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 宣告すれば(せんこくすれば) |
| tara | 宣告したら(せんこくしたら) |
| Volitional | 宣告しよう(せんこくしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 宣告しましょう(せんこくしましょう) |
| Imperative | 宣告しろ(せんこくしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym言い渡しいいわたしWrittenWritten noun for a court pronouncing a sentence or for the sentence itself. 「宣告」 also covers declaring death or naming a disease.
- Synonym言い渡すいいわたすNeutralNeutral and more common: passing a decision, order, or sentence down from a superior. 「宣告」 is more formal and heavier in tone.
- Synonym申し渡すもうしわたすFormalFormal. A superior solemnly conveys a decision, order, or sentence. 「宣告」 is mostly for judgments and for announcing a diagnosis.
- Related宣言せんげんNeutralA person or group formally announces its stance or policy. 「宣告」 centers on announcing a judgment or conclusion, and can also be public, as in 「非常事態を宣告する」.
- Related宣するせんするWrittenWritten, literary way of saying 'announce', as in 「開会を宣する」; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Use 「宣告」 for court sentences and for delivering a medical verdict. For a superior conveying a punishment or decision, 「言い渡す」 is the everyday choice; for a public declaration of a stance or policy, 「宣言」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


