展覧|てんらんtenran[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbexhibition; showing; displaying; putting on display
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 展覧する（てんらんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 展覧します（てんらんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 展覧しない（てんらんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 展覧しません（てんらんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 展覧せず・展覧せぬ（てんらんせず・てんらんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 展覧した（てんらんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 展覧しました（てんらんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 展覧しなかった（てんらんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 展覧しませんでした（てんらんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 展覧して（てんらんして） |
| Potential | 展覧できる（てんらんできる） |
| Passive | 展覧される（てんらんされる） |
| Causative | 展覧させる（てんらんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 展覧させられる（てんらんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 展覧すれば（てんらんすれば） |
| tara | 展覧したら（てんらんしたら） |
| Volitional | 展覧しよう（てんらんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 展覧しましょう（てんらんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 展覧しろ（てんらんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym展示てんじNeutralThe most versatile term: works, materials or goods can all be shown, as in 「展示会」. 展覧 is more written in tone and centers on works shown publicly for viewing.
- Synonym陳列ちんれつNeutralFocuses on arranging items where people can see them; mostly goods and exhibits, as in 「陳列棚」. 展覧 stresses putting works on public display.
- Synonym展観てんかんWrittenA rare, bookish word for spreading things out or showing them publicly; close to 展覧 in sense, but modern Japanese says 「展示」 instead.
- SynonymディスプレイNeutralA loanword for merchandise displays or a computer screen, often in shop windows; 展覧 means putting works on public show.
- Synonym供覧きょうらんWrittenA rare, formal word meaning to let many people view something freely, seen mostly in official documents; everyday speech uses 「展示」.
- Related出品しゅっぴんNeutralFrom the exhibitor's side: submitting works or items to a show; also used for auction lots and online store listings. 展覧 is the displaying side.
- Related出展しゅってんNeutralCompanies or individuals sending works to be shown at a trade fair or exhibition — the exhibitor's side, where 展覧 is the side putting them on view.
- Related出陳しゅっちんWrittenA rare, bookish word for sending one's own works to be displayed at a show, much like 「出品」; everyday Japanese prefers 「出品」 or 「出展」.
- Antonym収蔵しゅうぞうWrittenThe opposite of showing: keeping a collection stored away, as in a museum's 「収蔵品」.
Use 「展覧」 for publicly showing works for people to view, as in 「展覧会」 or 「作品を展覧する」. For showing things in general say 「展示」, for arranging items 「陳列」, and for taking part in a show 「出展」 or 「出品」. 「展観」「供覧」「出陳」 are rare and bookish; 「ディスプレイ」 covers shop displays and screens.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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