披露|ひろうhirou[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbannouncement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing; unveiling; revealing; performing
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 披露する（ひろうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 披露します（ひろうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 披露しない（ひろうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 披露しません（ひろうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 披露せず・披露せぬ（ひろうせず・ひろうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 披露した（ひろうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 披露しました（ひろうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 披露しなかった（ひろうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 披露しませんでした（ひろうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 披露して（ひろうして） |
| Potential | 披露できる（ひろうできる） |
| Passive | 披露される（ひろうされる） |
| Causative | 披露させる（ひろうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 披露させられる（ひろうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 披露すれば（ひろうすれば） |
| tara | 披露したら（ひろうしたら） |
| Volitional | 披露しよう（ひろうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 披露しましょう（ひろうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 披露しろ（ひろうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym発表はっぴょうNeutralNeutral word for releasing information or results publicly; 「披露」 focuses on showing skills or announcing happy occasions before others, as in 「結婚披露宴」.
- Synonym実演じつえんWrittenWritten/formal word for actually demonstrating how something is done; 「披露」 stresses showing skill or announcing happy news before a crowd.
- Related公演こうえんWrittenWritten/formal word for a public performance; 「披露」 leans toward showing something before an audience or making an announcement.
- Related展示てんじNeutralNeutral word for arranging and putting works on public display; 「披露」 stresses showing something before a crowd or making an announcement.
- Related上映じょうえいNeutralNeutral word for screening a film for an audience; 「披露」 is showing something in public.
- Related出品しゅっぴんWrittenWritten/formal word for submitting works to an exhibition or for sale; 「披露」 is showing something before a crowd.
- Related出展しゅってんWrittenWritten/formal word for exhibiting works at an expo or exhibition; 「披露」 is showing something before a crowd.
- Related陳列ちんれつWrittenWritten/formal word for arranging items so people can look at them; 「披露」 is public showing or announcing.
- Related展覧てんらんWrittenWritten/formal word for displaying works for many people to view; 「披露」 stresses showing before a crowd or announcing.
- RelatedショーCasualColloquial loanword for a show, performance or expo; 「披露」 is a public showing.
- Related上演じょうえんWrittenWritten/formal word for staging a play or similar work; 「披露」 is not limited to drama.
- Related見世物みせものCasualColloquial word for a sideshow act or something people gather to gawk at; 「披露」 is neutral in tone.
- Related演芸えんげいWrittenWritten/formal word for mass entertainments such as rakugo and kodan; 「披露」 refers to the act of showing, not the art form.
- Related展観てんかんWrittenWritten/formal word for laying things open for people to see; less common than 「披露」.
- Related興行こうぎょうWrittenWritten/formal word for commercial, profit-making shows and events; 「披露」 is a public showing.
- Related供覧きょうらんWrittenWritten/formal word for putting things out for everyone to view; rarer than 「披露」, which stresses showing before a crowd or announcing.
- Antonym秘匿ひとくWrittenWritten/formal word for keeping something secret; the opposite of the openness of 「披露」.
- Antonym隠蔽いんぺいWrittenWritten/formal word for deliberately covering something up; the direct opposite of 「披露」.
Use 「披露」 for showing a skill before a crowd or announcing a happy occasion, as in 「腕前を披露する」. For releasing information choose 「発表」, for putting works on display 「展示」, and for a staged performance 「公演」; the opposites are 「秘匿」 and 「隠蔽」.
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