引用|いんようin'you[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectivequotation; citation; reference
    ハムレットから1行ぎょう引用いんようできますか。↗
    Can you quote a line of Hamlet?
Conjugation
Dictionary form引用する(いんようする)
Polite (masu)引用します(いんようします)
Negative (nai)引用しない(いんようしない)
polite (masen)引用しません(いんようしません)
classical zu / nu引用せず・引用せぬ(いんようせず・いんようせぬ)
Past (ta)引用した(いんようした)
polite (mashita)引用しました(いんようしました)
Past negative (nakatta)引用しなかった(いんようしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)引用しませんでした(いんようしませんでした)
Te form引用して(いんようして)
Potential引用できる(いんようできる)
Passive引用される(いんようされる)
Causative引用させる(いんようさせる)
Causative passive引用させられる(いんようさせられる)
Conditional (ba)引用すれば(いんようすれば)
tara引用したら(いんようしたら)
Volitional引用しよう(いんようしよう)
polite (mashou)引用しましょう(いんようしましょう)
Imperative引用しろ(いんようしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym援用えんようWrittenWritten/formal prose. Citing texts or precedents to back up one's own claim; common in law and academic papers. 「引用」 is the more general term.
  • Synonym引き合いひきあいNeutralA noun for an example brought in for comparison; also means an inquiry about a product. 「引用」 is the act of quoting others' words or texts.
  • Synonym引例いんれいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Citing an example as evidence; in everyday speech you would say 「例を挙げる」 instead.
  • Synonym引証いんしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Quoting texts to corroborate a point; 「引用」 is the more general term.
  • Synonym援引えんいんWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare. Citing texts as evidence, but also winning someone over to one's side; in everyday use say 「引用」.
  • Synonym引き合いに出すひきあいにだすNeutralSet phrase for holding something up as an example for comparison, as in 「他社を引き合いに出す」.
  • RelatedサイテーションNeutralLoanword for citation in academic writing; rare. In everyday use, say 「引用」.
  • RelatedレファレンスNeutralLoanword for reference materials or a library's reference service; 「引用」 is the act of quoting others' words or texts.
  • Related典拠てんきょWrittenWritten/formal prose. A trusted source or authority; 「引用」 is the act of citing, not the source itself.

「引用」 is the default for quoting or citing others' words, texts, or examples. Use 「援用」 when citing precedents or texts to support a claim, especially in law or papers; 「引き合い」 for an example held up for comparison; 「典拠」 for the source or authority itself.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 他人たにんの文章ぶんしょうや発言はつげんなどを、自分じぶんの文章ぶんしょうや発言はつげんなどの中なかに取り入とりいれて利用りようすること。
  2. 他ほかの事例じれいや研究けんきゅうに触ふれるなどして、自説じせつの論拠ろんきょ、出でどころを示しめすこと。援用えんよう。
  3. 作品さくひんの中なかに、他たの作品さくひんの一部いちぶや様式ようしきなどを組み込くみこむこと。
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