手術|しゅじゅつshujutsu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N3approx.Common
しゅずつshuzutsu
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbsurgery; operation; procedure
    手術しゅじゅつをしなければなりません。↗
    You have to have an operation.
  2. nounskill with one's hands; sleight of hand
Conjugation
Dictionary form手術する(しゅじゅつする)
Polite (masu)手術します(しゅじゅつします)
Negative (nai)手術しない(しゅじゅつしない)
polite (masen)手術しません(しゅじゅつしません)
classical zu / nu手術せず・手術せぬ(しゅじゅつせず・しゅじゅつせぬ)
Past (ta)手術した(しゅじゅつした)
polite (mashita)手術しました(しゅじゅつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)手術しなかった(しゅじゅつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)手術しませんでした(しゅじゅつしませんでした)
Te form手術して(しゅじゅつして)
Potential手術できる(しゅじゅつできる)
Passive手術される(しゅじゅつされる)
Causative手術させる(しゅじゅつさせる)
Causative passive手術させられる(しゅじゅつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)手術すれば(しゅじゅつすれば)
tara手術したら(しゅじゅつしたら)
Volitional手術しよう(しゅじゅつしよう)
polite (mashou)手術しましょう(しゅじゅつしましょう)
Imperative手術しろ(しゅじゅつしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymオペCasualColloquial medical jargon, shortened from 'operation'; means surgery and is also heard in everyday speech. Use 「手術」 in formal contexts.
  • SynonymオペレーションNeutralNeutral loanword that usually means a military operation or the running of a machine; medical staff also use it for surgery, but say 「手術」 in daily life.
  • Synonym外科手術げかしゅじゅつNeutralNeutral term for a surgical operation; synonymous with 「手術」 but more specific, and 「手術」 is the usual choice in everyday speech.
  • Related執刀しっとうWrittenWritten/formal term for operating as the lead surgeon, as in 「教授が執刀する」; the emphasis is on the doctor wielding the scalpel, not the procedure itself.

Default to 「手術」 for surgery in any context. Use 「執刀」 in written/formal prose for the lead surgeon operating, 「外科手術」 when stressing surgery specifically, and 「オペ」 as medical jargon or casual talk; 「オペレーション」 mainly covers military or machine operations.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 医師いしが組織そしきや器官きかんに対たいしてメス・はさみなどを用もちいて切開せっかいを加くわえ、また糸いと、接着剤せっちゃくざいなどを用もちいて吻合ふんごうして、患部かんぶを治療ちりょうすること。オペラチオン
  2. 《比喩ひゆ》 (語義ごぎ1になぞらえて、)物事ものごとの状態じょうたいを大幅おおはばに改あらためること。
  3. (古いにしえ)手てさばき。手先てさきのわざ。手段しゅだん。方法ほうほう。
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