抵触・牴触・觝触|ていしょくteishoku[0]heiban (flat)

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抵触抵触(ていしょく) is the most common written form. Use it for infringement or contravention involving a law or treaty, and for conflict with a theory or claim.
牴触牴触(ていしょく) is a rarely used written variant of 抵触(ていしょく). You will seldom see it for infringement, contravention, or conflict.
觝触觝触(ていしょく) is a rarely used written variant of 抵触(ていしょく). You will seldom see it for infringement, contravention, or conflict.
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbinfringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; running afoul
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbconflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; incompatibility; contradiction
    これらのストラテジーがエメット理論りろんと抵触ていしょくするかもしれないというのが、彼かれらの仮説かせつである。↗
    Their hypothesis is that these strategies may come into conflict with Emmet's theory.
  3. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbcollision; contact; touchingorig. meaning
Conjugation
Dictionary form抵触する(ていしょくする)
Polite (masu)抵触します(ていしょくします)
Negative (nai)抵触しない(ていしょくしない)
polite (masen)抵触しません(ていしょくしません)
classical zu / nu抵触せず・抵触せぬ(ていしょくせず・ていしょくせぬ)
Past (ta)抵触した(ていしょくした)
polite (mashita)抵触しました(ていしょくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)抵触しなかった(ていしょくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)抵触しませんでした(ていしょくしませんでした)
Te form抵触して(ていしょくして)
Potential抵触できる(ていしょくできる)
Passive抵触される(ていしょくされる)
Causative抵触させる(ていしょくさせる)
Causative passive抵触させられる(ていしょくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)抵触すれば(ていしょくすれば)
tara抵触したら(ていしょくしたら)
Volitional抵触しよう(ていしょくしよう)
polite (mashou)抵触しましょう(ていしょくしましょう)
Imperative抵触しろ(ていしょくしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym矛盾むじゅんNeutralThe most common word: statements or logic that don't add up. 「抵触」 mainly means contravening laws or regulations.
  • Related矛盾撞着むじゅんどうちゃくWrittenWritten idiom for self-contradiction — statements that clash and won't hold together. 「抵触」 usually means violating a law or clashing with something else.
  • Related背馳はいちWrittenWritten word for heading in opposite directions, being contrary to each other; rare even in prose. 「抵触」 is mostly for breaking laws.
  • Related撞着どうちゃくWrittenWritten word for statements that don't match, contradicting themselves; rare even in prose — everyday speech says 「矛盾」.
  • Related背反はいはんWrittenWritten word for defying orders, or two things excluding each other; seen mostly in 「二律背反」.
  • Antonym調和ちょうわNeutralAntonym: things fitting together in harmony; the opposite of the conflict sense of 「抵触」.
  • Antonym一致いっちNeutralAntonym: being exactly the same or in accord; the opposite of the incompatibility sense of 「抵触」.

For breaking a law or treaty, use 「抵触」, as in 「法に抵触する」. When statements or logic contradict each other, say 「矛盾」. The written synonyms are rare; the opposites are 「一致」 and 「調和」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. ふれること。ぶつかること。
  2. 規則きそくや制限せいげんに反はんすること。
  3. 物事ものごとが矛盾むじゅんしていること。
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