心酔|しんすいshinsui[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbadoration; admiration学生たちは彼に心酔していた。↗His students adored him.
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdevotion
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 心酔する（しんすいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 心酔します（しんすいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 心酔しない（しんすいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 心酔しません（しんすいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 心酔せず・心酔せぬ（しんすいせず・しんすいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 心酔した（しんすいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 心酔しました（しんすいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 心酔しなかった（しんすいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 心酔しませんでした（しんすいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 心酔して（しんすいして） |
| Potential | 心酔できる（しんすいできる） |
| Passive | 心酔される（しんすいされる） |
| Causative | 心酔させる（しんすいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 心酔させられる（しんすいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 心酔すれば（しんすいすれば） |
| tara | 心酔したら（しんすいしたら） |
| Volitional | 心酔しよう（しんすいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 心酔しましょう（しんすいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 心酔しろ（しんすいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym傾倒けいとうWrittenWritten word for devoting one's heart to a person or doctrine; in that concentrated devotion it comes close to 「心酔」.
- Synonym欽慕きんぼWrittenRare written word stressing reverent admiration for someone; 「心酔」 is about being deeply drawn in and enraptured.
- Synonym敬慕けいぼWrittenRare written word for respecting and adoring someone; 「心酔」 puts more weight on being captivated, and everyday respect is 「尊敬」.
- Synonym尊崇そんすうWrittenWritten word for reverence toward gods, Buddhas, or people; 「心酔」 stresses deep fascination, and everyday respect is 「尊敬」.
- Synonym景仰けいこうWrittenRare written word for looking up to a person with reverence; 「心酔」 highlights rapt devotion, and ordinary respect is expressed with 「尊敬」.
- Synonym渇仰かつごうWrittenRare written word for deep faith in Buddha or profound reverence for a person; 「心酔」 is not limited to religion and can also cover absorption in things.
- Related憧憬どうけいWrittenWritten word for yearning, aimed at people, a way of life, or goals; 「心酔」 stresses already being captivated, and everyday longing usually takes 「憧れ」.
- Related賛美さんびNeutralAbout praising or extolling the merits of people and things; 「心酔」 is inner fascination and need not come out as praise.
- Related崇拝すうはいWrittenWritten word for revering people or ideas from the bottom of one's heart; also used in religious contexts. 「心酔」 stresses being attracted and enraptured.
- Related礼賛らいさんWrittenWritten word for extolling something; also covers worshipping Buddha and praising his virtues. 「心酔」 is about inner absorption.
- Related感心かんしんNeutralBeing impressed by fine conduct and the like; can also be ironic, signalling astonishment. 「心酔」 is deep fascination with a person or thing.
- Related憧れあこがれNeutralEveryday word for yearning after people, a lifestyle, and the like; 「心酔」 means one has already given their heart and is absorbed.
- Related尊敬そんけいNeutralEveryday word for recognizing someone's character or conduct and holding them in esteem; 「心酔」 adds the sense of being deeply drawn in.
- Related嘆美たんびWrittenRare written word for praising out of admiration; 「心酔」 stresses rapt fascination, and praise in general is 「賛美」.
- Related愛慕あいぼWrittenRare written word for loving and pining for someone; 「心酔」 stresses fascination born of admiration, and general love is 「愛する」.
- Related恭敬きょうけいWrittenRare written word for a humble, reverent attitude; 「心酔」 is inner fascination, and everyday respect is 「尊敬」.
- Related偶像化ぐうぞうかNeutralTreating a person or thing as a perfect idol to be worshipped; 「心酔」 only says one is deeply devoted, without needing the other side to be flawless.
- Related偶像視ぐうぞうしWrittenWritten word for regarding a person or thing as an ideal, perfect being; 「心酔」 speaks of rapt devotion without making an idol of anyone.
- Related偶像崇拝ぐうぞうすうはいWrittenWritten religious term for worshipping statues, carvings, and the like as gods; 「心酔」 requires no faith and no act of worship.
- Antonym嫌悪けんおWrittenWritten antonym. Disliking a person or thing from the bottom of one's heart, with an urge to reject it — the reverse of 「心酔」's rapt attraction.
- Antonym反感はんかんNeutralAntonym. The feeling of displeasure that makes you push back against someone — opposite to 「心酔」's absorbed, deep admiration.
- Antonym軽蔑けいべつWrittenWritten antonym. Looking down on someone and rating their character or worth as low — the reverse of 「心酔」's deep admiration and devotion.
Use 「心酔」 when admiration for a person or idea has deepened into fascination, as in 「師に心酔する」. For devoting one's heart to someone or a doctrine choose 「傾倒」, for everyday respect 「尊敬」, for yearning 「憧れ」. The praise words 「賛美」「礼賛」「嘆美」 extol merits outwardly, while 「崇拝」 and the idol words 「偶像化」「偶像視」「偶像崇拝」 involve worship or seeing the object as perfect, which 「心酔」 does not require. The antonyms 「嫌悪」「反感」「軽蔑」 describe rejection or scorn instead of devotion.
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