擁する|ようするyousuru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- suru verb (irregular), transitive verbto embrace; to hug
- suru verb (irregular), transitive verbto have; to possess
- suru verb (irregular), transitive verbto command; to lead; to employ
- suru verb (irregular), transitive verbto support; to back up; to rally around
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 擁する（ようする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 擁します（ようします） |
| Negative (nai) | 擁しない（ようしない） |
| polite (masen) | 擁しません（ようしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 擁せず・擁せぬ（ようせず・ようせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 擁した（ようした） |
| polite (mashita) | 擁しました（ようしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 擁しなかった（ようしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 擁しませんでした（ようしませんでした） |
| Te form | 擁して（ようして） |
| Potential | 擁できる（ようできる） |
| Passive | 擁される（ようされる） |
| Causative | 擁させる（ようさせる） |
| Causative passive | 擁させられる（ようさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 擁すれば（ようすれば） |
| tara | 擁したら（ようしたら） |
| Volitional | 擁しよう（ようしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 擁しましょう（ようしましょう） |
| Imperative | 擁しろ（ようしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Related持つもつNeutralThe everyday all-purpose verb for holding or having; 擁する is written-style and typically covers large-scale assets such as talent, troops or resources.
- Related備えるそなえるNeutralCenters on being equipped with the needed abilities or conditions, and also means preparing for something, as in 「才能を備える」.
- Related備わるそなわるNeutralIntransitive: a quality or facility is fully present or endowed, as in 「品格が備わる」 and 「設備が備わる」 — the state of being equipped, not an act of possessing.
- Related有するゆうするWrittenLiterary verb for having or possessing, seen mostly in legal and formal documents; unlike 擁する, it has no sense of commanding or leading.
- Related保有ほゆうNeutralEmphasizes holding on to something over the long term, as in 「株式を保有する」; the point is continued retention, not scale.
- Related所有しょゆうNeutralOwnership in the legal sense — property that is yours by right; unlike 擁する it implies no command over people.
- Related所持しょじNeutralActual possession of things you hold and keep under your control, as in 「所持品」 or 「所持金」; the focus is having them in hand, not commanding people or resources.
- Related領有りょうゆうWrittenWritten-style term for holding territory; its object is limited to land and islands, far narrower than 擁する.
- Related所蔵しょぞうNeutralRefers to owning items in a collection, as with museum or library holdings; the emphasis is on collecting and keeping them.
- Related占有せんゆうNeutralDe facto control or occupancy, also a legal concept; it stresses exclusive hold rather than title, so 占有 does not equal ownership.
- Antonym失ううしなうNeutralAntonym: to lose what one has, the direct opposite of the possession 擁する describes.
- Antonym捨てるすてるNeutralAntonym: to throw away or discard, giving up what one holds, against 擁する's sense of possession.
「擁する」 is written-style for possessing on a large scale — talent, troops, resources, as in 「十万の兵を擁する」. Everyday 'have' is 「持つ」; legal and formal documents prefer 「有する」 or 「所有」; things carried on your person are 「所持」. The remaining nouns are narrower: 「保有」 long-term holdings, 「所蔵」 collections, 「領有」 territory, 「占有」 de facto control. Antonyms: 「失う」, 「捨てる」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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