帰属|きぞくkizoku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbelonging; ascription; attribution; imputation; possession; jurisdiction
    乙おつが受託じゅたく業務ぎょうむの実施じっしにより得えた成果せいかは、甲乙こうおつ双方そうほうに帰属きぞくするものとする。↗
    Any result obtained through the execution of the Commissioned Business shall belong to each party hereto.
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbreversion; return; restoration
Conjugation
Dictionary form帰属する(きぞくする)
Polite (masu)帰属します(きぞくします)
Negative (nai)帰属しない(きぞくしない)
polite (masen)帰属しません(きぞくしません)
classical zu / nu帰属せず・帰属せぬ(きぞくせず・きぞくせぬ)
Past (ta)帰属した(きぞくした)
polite (mashita)帰属しました(きぞくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)帰属しなかった(きぞくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)帰属しませんでした(きぞくしませんでした)
Te form帰属して(きぞくして)
Potential帰属できる(きぞくできる)
Passive帰属される(きぞくされる)
Causative帰属させる(きぞくさせる)
Causative passive帰属させられる(きぞくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)帰属すれば(きぞくすれば)
tara帰属したら(きぞくしたら)
Volitional帰属しよう(きぞくしよう)
polite (mashou)帰属しましょう(きぞくしましょう)
Imperative帰属しろ(きぞくしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym属するぞくするWrittenA formal verb for belonging to a group or category, as in 「哺乳類に属する」; 「帰属」 is a noun for whom property, rights or identity end up belonging.
  • Synonym所属しょぞくNeutralA neutral word for membership in an organization, as in 「所属部署」; 「帰属」 leans toward rights, territory or the sense of belonging.
  • Synonym属すぞくすWrittenThe godan form of 「属する」; more formal and rarely used in modern Japanese. 「帰属」 concerns the attribution of rights or territory.
  • Related付属ふぞくNeutralA neutral word for being attached to a main thing, as in 「付属品」「付属高校」; it stresses a subordinate tie, while 「帰属」 is about whom rights or territory belong to.
  • Antonym離脱りだつWrittenA formal word for breaking away or withdrawing from where one belongs, as in 「戦線離脱」; it stands opposite to 「帰属」 in belonging versus leaving.

Use 「帰属」 for property, rights or territory ending up with a party, or identity-based belonging, as in 「領土の帰属」「帰属意識」. For membership in a group use 「所属」, for things attached to a main body 「付属」; 「離脱」 is the opposite.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 物ものや人ひとが、あるものに、属ぞくすること。
  2. 財産ざいさんや権利けんりなどが、特定とくていの人ひとや国くにのものになること。
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