措置|そちsochi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbmeasure; step; action
    手後ておくれにならないうちに、必要ひつような措置そちを取とるべきです。↗
    We should take the necessary steps before it's too late.
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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 始末しまつをつけるために、必要ひつような方法ほうほうをとること。
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