推移|すいいsuii[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbtransition; change; progress; development; shift
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbpassing (of time)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 推移する（すいいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 推移します（すいいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 推移しない（すいいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 推移しません（すいいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 推移せず・推移せぬ（すいいせず・すいいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 推移した（すいいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 推移しました（すいいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 推移しなかった（すいいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 推移しませんでした（すいいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 推移して（すいいして） |
| Potential | 推移できる（すいいできる） |
| Passive | 推移される（すいいされる） |
| Causative | 推移させる（すいいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 推移させられる（すいいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 推移すれば（すいいすれば） |
| tara | 推移したら（すいいしたら） |
| Volitional | 推移しよう（すいいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 推移しましょう（すいいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 推移しろ（すいいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym移り変わりうつりかわりNeutralNative word for gradual change or succession, as in 「季節の移り変わり」. 推移 is more about how a figure or situation trends over time.
- Synonym変遷へんせんWrittenWritten-style word for long-term historical change, as in 「言葉の変遷」. 推移 focuses on data trends rather than evolution over long spans.
- Synonym変移へんいWrittenWritten, academic word for change or mutation. 推移 is the everyday choice for how figures or situations trend.
- Synonym変転へんてんWrittenWritten-style word for constant, dramatic shifting, evoking the impermanence of affairs; 推移 is neutral and trend-focused.
- Synonym転移てんいNeutralSpread or transfer to another place, as in 「がんの転移」; about movement or metastasis, not how a trend develops.
- Synonym遷移せんいWrittenWritten-style term for a change of state, as in 「画面遷移」; common in IT and ecology. 推移 describes a trend unfolding over time.
- Synonym移ろいうつろいWrittenWritten-style word for fading or gradual change, as in 「季節の移ろい」, with a wistful nuance that 推移 lacks.
- Related切り替えきりかえNeutralSwitching from one state to another, as in 「気持ちの切り替え」; suggests an on/off-style change rather than a gradual trend.
- RelatedコンバートNeutralLoanword for converting data or moving a player to another defensive position; IT and baseball uses, not time-based trends.
- Related転換てんかんNeutralA switch to a new direction or policy, as in 「方向転換」; usually an active change of course. 推移 describes how things develop over time, turns in the trend included.
- Related変更へんこうNeutralA change made to a plan or content, as in 「予定変更」. 推移 describes how a situation itself moves along over time.
- Related変動へんどうNeutralFluctuation, as in 「価格変動」; points to ups and downs. 推移 looks at the overall trend those movements add up to.
- Related変換へんかんNeutralConverting something into another form, as in 「漢字変換」. It says nothing about change over time, which is what 推移 tracks.
- Related過渡かとWrittenWritten-style word for the transitional stage between old and new. 推移 covers the whole course of change, not just that phase.
- Related移りうつりNeutralChange or transition, but rarely used as a standalone noun; say 「移り変わり」 or 「推移」 instead.
- RelatedスイッチNeutralLoanword for flipping a switch or toggling between states; mechanical or device-related, unlike the time-based 推移.
- RelatedチェンジNeutralLoanword for changing or swapping, including the change of sides in baseball or football; not a word for describing trends.
- RelatedシフトNeutralLoanword for shifting focus or weight, as in 「シフトする」; also a work shift — a move to something else, not a trend over time.
- Related移行いこうNeutralMoving on to a new stage, as in 「新制度へ移行」; stresses the changeover between stages. 推移 stresses the trend itself.
- Related変わりかわりNeutralA change or something out of the ordinary, as in 「お変わりなく」. 推移 instead tracks how figures or a situation develop over time.
- RelatedコンバージョンNeutralLoanword for conversion; in marketing it means conversions, and in rugby the kick after a try. 推移 is change over time.
- Related転変てんぺんWrittenWritten-style word for the shifting of worldly affairs, with Buddhist overtones; 推移 is the neutral term for trends.
- Antonym静止せいしNeutralStanding still. Opposite to 推移 only in the motion-versus-stillness sense; a flat trend can still be described as 「横ばいで推移」.
- Antonym停滞ていたいNeutralStagnation — things failing to move forward. Not mutually exclusive with 推移: one can say 「低水準で推移」; they are opposites only as smooth progress versus none.
Use 「推移」 for how data or a situation moves over time — 「人口の推移」「事態の推移を見守る」; even a flat trend is 「横ばいで推移」. For gradual change pick 「移り変わり」, for long-term historical evolution 「変遷」. The rest name specific kinds of change: switching 「切り替え」「スイッチ」, converting form 「変換」「コンバート」「コンバージョン」, changing course 「転換」, revising 「変更」, fluctuating 「変動」, moving to a new stage 「移行」「過渡」, shifting or spreading 「シフト」「転移」. 「遷移」「移ろい」「転変」「変移」「変転」 are written-style. 「静止」 and 「停滞」 oppose it only as stillness or stalled progress.
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