新設|しんせつshinsetsu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveestablishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
    The site for the new school has been bought.
Conjugation
Dictionary form新設する(しんせつする)
Polite (masu)新設します(しんせつします)
Negative (nai)新設しない(しんせつしない)
polite (masen)新設しません(しんせつしません)
classical zu / nu新設せず・新設せぬ(しんせつせず・しんせつせぬ)
Past (ta)新設した(しんせつした)
polite (mashita)新設しました(しんせつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)新設しなかった(しんせつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)新設しませんでした(しんせつしませんでした)
Te form新設して(しんせつして)
Potential新設できる(しんせつできる)
Passive新設される(しんせつされる)
Causative新設させる(しんせつさせる)
Causative passive新設させられる(しんせつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)新設すれば(しんせつすれば)
tara新設したら(しんせつしたら)
Volitional新設しよう(しんせつしよう)
polite (mashou)新設しましょう(しんせつしましょう)
Imperative新設しろ(しんせつしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym設置せっちNeutralA noun for installing equipment or setting up an organization, as in 「信号機を設置する」 or 「委員会を設置する」; 「新設」 stresses that something is newly set up.
  • Synonym設立せつりつNeutralA noun for founding, as in 「会社を設立する」; used mostly for corporations and organizations.
  • Synonym創設そうせつNeutralA noun for instituting something, as in 「奨学金を創設する」; the point is that it is started for the first time.
  • Synonym開設かいせつNeutralA noun for opening something, as in 「口座を開設する」; used mostly for accounts, websites, and service counters.
  • Related設けるもうけるNeutralA native Japanese verb for setting up or providing, as in 「席を設ける」 or 「規則を設ける」; wide-ranging in use.
  • Related樹立じゅりつNeutralA noun for establishing, as in 「新記録を樹立する」 or 「国交樹立」.
  • Related作るつくるNeutralThe most general word for making or forming something, as in 「会を作る」.
  • Related創立そうりつNeutralA noun for founding, as in 「創立記念日」; used mostly for schools and companies.
  • Related創業そうぎょうNeutralA noun for starting a business, as in 「創業百年」; used mostly for companies and shops.
  • Related創建そうけんNeutralA noun for first building or founding something, as in 「寺を創建する」; used mostly for temple and shrine buildings.
  • Related定めるさだめるNeutralTo lay down or prescribe, as in 「法律を定める」; the focus is on fixing rules.
  • Related創始そうしNeutralA noun for originating something, as in 「流派の創始者」; the focus is on starting it first.
  • Related築き上げるきずきあげるNeutralTo build up, as in 「地位を築き上げる」; the focus is on building something through long-term effort.
  • Related打ち立てるうちたてるNeutralTo establish firmly, as in 「新記録を打ち立てる」; the focus is on setting something up solidly.
  • Related確立かくりつNeutralA noun for establishing something securely, as in 「制度を確立する」; the focus is on making it firm.
  • Related制定せいていNeutralA noun for enacting, as in 「憲法制定」; used mostly for laws.
  • Related設定せっていNeutralA noun for setting things: goals, conditions, parameters, even a story's background, as in 「目標を設定する」 or 「物語の設定」; 「新設」 is for newly creating institutions or facilities.
  • Antonym廃止はいしNeutralAbolition, as in 「制度を廃止する」; the direct opposite of 「新設」.
  • Antonym撤去てっきょNeutralRemoval, as in 「設備を撤去する」; the opposite of 「新設」.

Use 「新設」 when an institution, facility, or system is newly created, as in 「学部を新設する」 or 「新設校」. Say 「設立」 for founding a legal entity, 「開設」 for opening an account, and 「設置」 for installing a facility. 「作る」 is the most general, all-purpose option, and the opposite of 「新設」 is 「廃止」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 新あたらしく設もうけること。
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