措置|そちsochi[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbmeasure; step; action
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 措置する(そちする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 措置します(そちします) |
| Negative (nai) | 措置しない(そちしない) |
| polite (masen) | 措置しません(そちしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 措置せず・措置せぬ(そちせず・そちせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 措置した(そちした) |
| polite (mashita) | 措置しました(そちしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 措置しなかった(そちしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 措置しませんでした(そちしませんでした) |
| Te form | 措置して(そちして) |
| Potential | 措置できる(そちできる) |
| Passive | 措置される(そちされる) |
| Causative | 措置させる(そちさせる) |
| Causative passive | 措置させられる(そちさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 措置すれば(そちすれば) |
| tara | 措置したら(そちしたら) |
| Volitional | 措置しよう(そちしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 措置しましょう(そちしましょう) |
| Imperative | 措置しろ(そちしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym策さくNeutralA stratagem or tactic you work out, as in 「策を練る」; 「措置」 is about the handling actually carried out.
- Synonym対策たいさくNeutralThe everyday word for countermeasures taken against a problem, with the focus on responding to it; 「措置」 stresses the action of dealing with it.
- Related方策ほうさくWrittenWritten/formal word for a plan or scheme worked out to solve a problem, with the emphasis on the planning itself; 「措置」 stresses the concrete steps actually taken.
- Related打つ手うつてNeutralSet phrase for the means or options available to you, very often in the negative 「打つ手がない」; 「措置」 is the more formal choice.
- Related方略ほうりゃくWrittenWritten word for the strategies and means devised to reach a goal, as in 「学習方略」; 「措置」 centers on concrete handling of a situation.
Use 「措置」 for concrete measures taken to deal with a situation, as in 「緊急措置」 and 「措置を講じる」. For countermeasures to a problem say 「対策」, for a worked-out plan 「方策」, and for available means 「打つ手」.
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