展観|てんかんtenkan[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbexhibition; showing; displaying; putting on display
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 展観する（てんかんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 展観します（てんかんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 展観しない（てんかんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 展観しません（てんかんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 展観せず・展観せぬ（てんかんせず・てんかんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 展観した（てんかんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 展観しました（てんかんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 展観しなかった（てんかんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 展観しませんでした（てんかんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 展観して（てんかんして） |
| Potential | 展観できる（てんかんできる） |
| Passive | 展観される（てんかんされる） |
| Causative | 展観させる（てんかんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 展観させられる（てんかんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 展観すれば（てんかんすれば） |
| tara | 展観したら（てんかんしたら） |
| Volitional | 展観しよう（てんかんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 展観しましょう（てんかんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 展観しろ（てんかんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym展示てんじNeutralThe everyday word for putting works or materials on public display; 「展観」 is rarer and mostly for old books and treasures.
- Synonym陳列ちんれつNeutralArranging goods or items where people can see them, with the focus on how they are laid out, as in a shop's 「陳列棚」.
- Synonym展覧てんらんNeutralDisplaying works for people to view; now used almost only in 「展覧会」. Very close in meaning to 「展観」.
- SynonymディスプレイNeutralA loanword for product displays or a computer monitor; leans toward retail and electronics contexts.
- Synonym供覧きょうらんWrittenA stiff written word for showing something to a crowd; found in formal documents and temple or shrine notices.
- Related出品しゅっぴんNeutralCovers sending works to an exhibition or auction; the focus is on the side submitting the work, not the showing itself.
- Related出展しゅってんNeutralUsed when a company or individual shows works or goods at a fair or exhibition; the focus is on exhibiting, while 「展観」 is on displaying for viewing.
- Related出陳しゅっちんWrittenA written word for sending works to be displayed at an exhibition; rare even in writing — say 「出品」 in everyday speech.
For general exhibitions, 「展示」 is the default and 「展覧」 works too; use 「陳列」 for laying out goods, 「出品」 or 「出展」 for taking part, and 「展観」 for old books and treasures.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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