接する|せっするsessuru[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- suru verb (irregular), intransitive verbto touch; to come in contact with; to border on; to adjoin; to be adjacent; to be close
- suru verb (irregular), intransitive verbto receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to serve; to take care of; to look after; to act towards; to deal with; to see
- suru verb (irregular), intransitive verbto receive (news); to get; to hear
- suru verb (irregular), intransitive verbto encounter; to come across
- suru verb (irregular), intransitive verb, mathto be tangent to
- suru verb (irregular), transitive verbto make touch; to bring into contact with; to bring adjacent to; to bring close; to connect
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 接する（せっする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 接します（せっします） |
| Negative (nai) | 接しない（せっしない） |
| polite (masen) | 接しません（せっしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 接せず・接せぬ（せっせず・せっせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 接した（せっした） |
| polite (mashita) | 接しました（せっしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 接しなかった（せっしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 接しませんでした（せっしませんでした） |
| Te form | 接して（せっして） |
| Potential | 接できる（せっできる） |
| Passive | 接される（せっされる） |
| Causative | 接させる（せっさせる） |
| Causative passive | 接させられる（せっさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 接すれば（せっすれば） |
| tara | 接したら（せっしたら） |
| Volitional | 接しよう（せっしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 接しましょう（せっしましょう） |
| Imperative | 接しろ（せっしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym接触せっしょくWrittenA noun for things touching or people interacting, as in 「接触事故」; leans toward written prose.
- SynonymタッチNeutralLoanword for touching or being involved, as in 「タッチパネル」.
- Synonym触れるふれるNeutralLightly touching something, or coming into contact with things and mentioning topics, as in 「話題に触れる」.
- Synonym触れ合うふれあうNeutralTouching each other or heart-to-heart exchange, as in 「心の触れ合い」.
- Related当たるあたるNeutralHitting or colliding, or light and wind reaching something; also to be applicable. 「接する」 stresses adjoining or contact.
- Related触るさわるNeutralTouching with the hand; common in speech. 「接する」 stresses adjoining or attending to people.
- Related当てるあてるNeutralTransitive: bringing something into contact or pressing it against something, as in 「額に手を当てる」.
- Related接続せつぞくWrittenA noun for connecting or linking up, as in 「ネット接続」; technical.
- Related結合けつごうWrittenA noun for combining into one, as in chemical 「結合」; academic.
- Related連結れんけつWrittenA noun for linking things such as train cars, or for consolidated financial statements.
- Related接合せつごうWrittenA noun for joining pieces together, as in 「骨の接合」; technical.
- RelatedつなぐNeutralTying or linking things, as in 「手を繋ぐ」; stresses forming one connected whole.
- RelatedつなげるNeutralConnecting things or transferring a phone call; stresses things being linked up.
- Related接ぐつぐNeutralSetting bones, grafting, or piecing things together; limited to concrete joining.
- Antonym離れるはなれるNeutralLeaving or separating, putting distance between things; the opposite of adjoining 「接する」.
- Antonym隔たるへだたるWrittenBeing separated by a stretch of distance; the opposite of the adjacent 「接する」.
Use 「接する」 for bordering or adjoining, attending to people as in 「客に接する」, and learning of news. For an object touching something use 「触れる」, for touching with the hand 「触る」, for connecting 「繋ぐ」 or 「接続」, and for separating 「離れる」.
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