所蔵|しょぞうshozou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjective(in one's) possession
    There are some interesting exhibits in the museum.
Conjugation
Dictionary form所蔵する(しょぞうする)
Polite (masu)所蔵します(しょぞうします)
Negative (nai)所蔵しない(しょぞうしない)
polite (masen)所蔵しません(しょぞうしません)
classical zu / nu所蔵せず・所蔵せぬ(しょぞうせず・しょぞうせぬ)
Past (ta)所蔵した(しょぞうした)
polite (mashita)所蔵しました(しょぞうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)所蔵しなかった(しょぞうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)所蔵しませんでした(しょぞうしませんでした)
Te form所蔵して(しょぞうして)
Potential所蔵できる(しょぞうできる)
Passive所蔵される(しょぞうされる)
Causative所蔵させる(しょぞうさせる)
Causative passive所蔵させられる(しょぞうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)所蔵すれば(しょぞうすれば)
tara所蔵したら(しょぞうしたら)
Volitional所蔵しよう(しょぞうしよう)
polite (mashou)所蔵しましょう(しょぞうしましょう)
Imperative所蔵しろ(しょぞうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym所有しょゆうNeutralOwnership — who something legally belongs to. 「所蔵」 is about a library or museum collecting and keeping works.
  • Synonym保有ほゆうNeutralContinued holding — stocks, assets, even artworks — stressing that you keep them. 「所蔵」 stresses collecting and preserving items.
  • Synonym所持しょじNeutralHaving something, often carried on the person, as in 「所持品」; also actual keeping. 「所蔵」 is about holding items in a collection.
  • Synonym有するゆうするWrittenA literary verb for having or possessing, used in formal written documents; it does not specifically mean collecting.
  • Related領有りょうゆうWrittenWritten: possession of territory — land, islands, seas. It has nothing to do with collections, unlike 「所蔵」.
  • Related占有せんゆうNeutralOccupying or taking something for oneself; a legal term stressing exclusive control rather than collecting.
  • Related持つもつNeutralTo hold or have; the most common word of all, but not tied to collections. Colloquial.
  • Related家蔵かぞうWrittenWritten: one's own family collection, seen in item descriptions like 「家蔵品」.
  • Related領するりょうするWrittenWritten and archaic: to own, or to grasp; rare, and hardly used in modern Japanese.
  • Related蔵するぞうするWrittenWritten: to store or contain, as in 「多くの問題を蔵する」.
  • Antonym未所蔵WrittenAntonym: not held in a collection; the opposite of 「所蔵」, seen mainly in library catalogs.

Use 「所蔵」 for works a museum, library or collector holds, as in 「国立博物館所蔵」 or 「所蔵品」. Say 「所有」 for ownership, 「保有」 for assets, 「所持」 for carrying. 「持つ」 is the everyday verb; the rest are written or legal terms.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 自分じぶんの物ものとしてしまっておくこと。また、その物もの。
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