徴用・徴傭|ちょうようchouyou[0]heiban (flat)

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Which spelling to use
徴用徴用 is the most common written form and the one beginners should normally choose when writing this word.
徴傭徴傭 is a less common written variant with irregular kanji. Recognize it when encountered, but use 徴用 when writing the word.
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbdrafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
Conjugation
Dictionary form徴用する(ちょうようする)
Polite (masu)徴用します(ちょうようします)
Negative (nai)徴用しない(ちょうようしない)
polite (masen)徴用しません(ちょうようしません)
classical zu / nu徴用せず・徴用せぬ(ちょうようせず・ちょうようせぬ)
Past (ta)徴用した(ちょうようした)
polite (mashita)徴用しました(ちょうようしました)
Past negative (nakatta)徴用しなかった(ちょうようしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)徴用しませんでした(ちょうようしませんでした)
Te form徴用して(ちょうようして)
Potential徴用できる(ちょうようできる)
Passive徴用される(ちょうようされる)
Causative徴用させる(ちょうようさせる)
Causative passive徴用させられる(ちょうようさせられる)
Conditional (ba)徴用すれば(ちょうようすれば)
tara徴用したら(ちょうようしたら)
Volitional徴用しよう(ちょうようしよう)
polite (mashou)徴用しましょう(ちょうようしましょう)
Imperative徴用しろ(ちょうようしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym接収せっしゅうWrittenWritten register. State organs forcibly taking over private property or facilities, e.g. postwar occupation forces seizing buildings; it applies to things, not people.
  • Synonym徴発ちょうはつWrittenWritten register. Forcibly requisitioning supplies or conscripting soldiers, mostly in wartime; it stresses taking goods, while 「徴用」 stresses forcing people to work.
  • Antonym復員ふくいんWrittenWritten register. An antonym: releasing soldiers from wartime duty and returning the army to a peacetime footing — the opposite of conscription into service.

Use 「徴用」 for the state forcibly drafting people for labor or requisitioning goods in wartime, as in 「徴用工」. For forcibly seizing supplies say 「徴発」; for the state taking over private property say 「接収」. For the opposite process, demobilization, use 「復員」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 物ものを徴収ちょうしゅう、徴発ちょうはつして使用しようすること。
  2. 国家こっかが国民こくみんを強制的きょうせいてきに召集しょうしゅうして、ある業務ぎょうむに使用しようすること。
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