導入|どうにゅうdounyuu[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbintroduction; bringing in; installation; setting up; importation
    いまだにインターネットの導入どうにゅうを検討けんとうしている会社かいしゃがある。↗
    Some companies are still debating whether to get Internet access.
  2. nounintroduction (to a story, lecture, etc.); introductory part
Conjugation
Dictionary form導入する(どうにゅうする)
Polite (masu)導入します(どうにゅうします)
Negative (nai)導入しない(どうにゅうしない)
polite (masen)導入しません(どうにゅうしません)
classical zu / nu導入せず・導入せぬ(どうにゅうせず・どうにゅうせぬ)
Past (ta)導入した(どうにゅうした)
polite (mashita)導入しました(どうにゅうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)導入しなかった(どうにゅうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)導入しませんでした(どうにゅうしませんでした)
Te form導入して(どうにゅうして)
Potential導入できる(どうにゅうできる)
Passive導入される(どうにゅうされる)
Causative導入させる(どうにゅうさせる)
Causative passive導入させられる(どうにゅうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)導入すれば(どうにゅうすれば)
tara導入したら(どうにゅうしたら)
Volitional導入しよう(どうにゅうしよう)
polite (mashou)導入しましょう(どうにゅうしましょう)
Imperative導入しろ(どうにゅうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym導入部どうにゅうぶWrittenWritten/formal: the introductory section of a piece of music or writing; 「導入」 itself more often means bringing in systems or equipment.
  • Synonym前置きまえおきNeutralOpening remarks before getting to the main subject, as in 「前置きが長い」; leans toward spoken or written discourse.
  • SynonymイントロNeutralLoanword for a song's intro or the opening of a performance; common in colloquial speech.
  • Synonym序章じょしょうWrittenWritten/formal: a preface chapter of a book or the opening phase of events, as in 「戦いの序章」.
  • Synonym序説じょせつWrittenWritten/formal: the introduction of a scholarly work; leans toward monographs and treatises.
  • Synonym前書きまえがきNeutralA book's preface, as in 「本の前書き」; leans toward books.
  • Synonym採用さいようNeutralAdopting a plan or hiring staff, as in 「新方式を採用する」; leans toward selecting, while 「導入」 stresses bringing in from outside and putting to use.
  • Synonym書き出しかきだしNeutralThe opening lines of a piece of writing, as in 「小説の書き出し」; leans toward writing.
  • Synonym採るとるNeutralTo adopt a method or take a measure; leans toward choosing a course of action.
  • SynonymイントロダクションNeutralLoanword for an introduction or opening section in music, speeches, books, and the like; 「導入」 also covers bringing in systems and equipment.
  • Synonym前置ぜんちWrittenWritten/formal: placing something — an item, condition, or step — ahead of something else; it overlaps with 「導入」 only in the sense of an opening part.
  • Synonym序論じょろんWrittenWritten/formal: the introduction section of a paper or thesis; leans toward academic writing.
  • Synonym前奏ぜんそうNeutralThe prelude of a musical piece, as in 「前奏が流れる」; leans toward music.
  • Synonym緒論しょろんWrittenWritten/formal: means the same as 「序論」 but is rarely used today.
  • Synonym緒言しょげんWrittenWritten/formal: a book's foreword; rarely used today.
  • Synonym端書きはしがきWrittenWritten/formal: a preface or appended note; rarely used today.
  • Synonym序言じょげんWrittenWritten/formal: a preface; leans toward explanatory text at the front of a book.
  • Synonym序奏じょそうWrittenWritten/formal: the introductory passage of a musical work; a music term.
  • Synonym序詞じょしWrittenWritten/formal: prefatory words in waka poetry; leans toward classical literature.
  • Related冒頭ぼうとうNeutralThe beginning of a text, speech, or meeting, as in 「冒頭で述べる」; points to position, while 「導入」 is a part set up to lead into the main subject.
  • Related紹介しょうかいNeutralIntroducing people or things, as in 「友人を紹介する」; leans toward making introductions, not bringing in systems.
  • Antonym廃止はいしNeutralAntonym: abolishing a system, the opposite of introducing one.
  • Antonym撤去てっきょNeutralAntonym: dismantling and taking away, the opposite of installing with 「導入」.
  • Antonym排除はいじょNeutralAntonym: excluding or shutting out, the opposite of bringing in.

Use 「導入」 for bringing in new systems, technology, or equipment, as in 「新システムを導入する」; it also covers the introductory part of a course or piece of music. For adopting a plan or hiring, say 「採用」; for opening remarks, 「前置き」; for a song's intro, 「イントロ」. In writing, 「序論」 and 「序説」 are academic introductions, 「前書き」 a book's preface, 「導入部」 a lead-in section, and 「冒頭」 the very beginning. Opposites: 「廃止」 (abolish), 「撤去」 (remove), 「排除」 (exclude).

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Japanese definitions
  1. 外部がいぶから導き入みちびきいれること。
  2. 新あらたに持ち込もちこんだり取り入とりいれたり設置せっち・稼働かどうさせたりすること。
  3. 物事ものごとの始はじまりの部分ぶぶん。導入部どうにゅうぶ。
  4. 本格的ほんかくてきな授業じゅぎょうに入はいる前まえに、生徒せいとに学習がくしゅう意欲いよくを持もたせるための段階だんかい。
  5. 全身ぜんしん麻酔ますいにおいて、麻酔薬ますいやくを投与とうよしてから気道きどう確保かくほを完了かんりょうして、手術しゅじゅつが可能かのうとなる状態じょうたいとなるまでの一連いちれんの医療いりょう行為こうい。麻酔ますい導入どうにゅう。
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