所蔵|しょぞうshozou[0]heiban (flat)
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- suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjective(in one's) possession
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.
- 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
- 自分の物としてしまっておくこと。また、その物。


