形成|けいせいkeisei[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbformation; molding; making (up); taking form; giving form to
    世界せかいの熱帯雨林ねったいうりんは、この惑星わくせい上じょうの生命せいめいが形成けいせいする生態学せいたいがく的てきな連鎖れんさの中なかで、かけがえのない環かんをなしているのである。↗
    The world's tropical rainforests are critical links in the ecological chain of life on the planet.
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, medicinerepair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
Conjugation
Dictionary form形成する(けいせいする)
Polite (masu)形成します(けいせいします)
Negative (nai)形成しない(けいせいしない)
polite (masen)形成しません(けいせいしません)
classical zu / nu形成せず・形成せぬ(けいせいせず・けいせいせぬ)
Past (ta)形成した(けいせいした)
polite (mashita)形成しました(けいせいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)形成しなかった(けいせいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)形成しませんでした(けいせいしませんでした)
Te form形成して(けいせいして)
Potential形成できる(けいせいできる)
Passive形成される(けいせいされる)
Causative形成させる(けいせいさせる)
Causative passive形成させられる(けいせいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)形成すれば(けいせいすれば)
tara形成したら(けいせいしたら)
Volitional形成しよう(けいせいしよう)
polite (mashou)形成しましょう(けいせいしましょう)
Imperative形成しろ(けいせいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym形作るかたちづくるNeutralNative Japanese verb meaning to shape or constitute, as in 「人格を形作る」; leans toward written prose rather than casual speech.
  • Synonym成形せいけいNeutralA noun for giving something a set shape, as in 「プラスチック成形」; used mostly in industrial manufacturing.
  • Synonym作り出すつくりだすNeutralMeans to create or bring something forth, as in 「新しい価値を作り出す」.
  • Synonym作り上げるつくりあげるNeutralMeans to make something to completion, or to fabricate it, as in 「話を作り上げる」.
  • Synonym構成こうせいNeutralA noun for how parts make up a whole, as in 「文章の構成」; the focus is on structure rather than the forming process.
  • Related作るつくるNeutralSimply to make, as in 「料理を作る」; the most general and versatile of these words.
  • RelatedなるNeutralMeans to become or to consist of, as in 「〜から成る」; intransitive, unlike the transitive 形成.
  • Related編成へんせいNeutralA noun for organizing separate units into one whole, as in 「予算編成」「列車の編成」.
  • Related確立かくりつNeutralA noun for establishing something firmly, as in 「制度の確立」; stresses secure, settled establishment rather than mere formation.
  • Related造形ぞうけいNeutralA noun for shaping or modeling forms, as in 「造形美術」; used mainly in the arts.
  • Related生成せいせいNeutralA noun for generating something, as in 「画像生成」; used mostly for technical processes and natural phenomena.
  • Related組成そせいNeutralA noun for the makeup of components, as in 「化学組成」; used mainly in chemistry.
  • Related結成けっせいNeutralA noun for people or groups banding together to form an organization, as in 「バンドを結成する」.
  • Antonym破壊はかいNeutralMeans destruction; it is the opposite of 「形成」.
  • Antonym崩壊ほうかいNeutralMeans collapse or breakdown; it is the opposite of 「形成」.
  • Antonym解体かいたいNeutralMeans dismantling or dissolution; it is the opposite of 「形成」.

Use 「形成」 for something gradually taking shape — a personality, market or organization, as in 「人格形成」「市場を形成する」. To form a group say 「結成」, for structure say 「構成」, and for industrial molding 「成形」; 「崩壊」 and 「解体」 are its opposites.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 統一とういつのある形かたちに作つくりあげること。
  2. 形かたちづくること。ある形かたちができること。
  3. ある一定いっていの法律的ほうりつてきな行為こういを行おこなうことにより、それまでなかった権利けんり義務ぎむ関係かんけいを生しょうじさせること。
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