新造|しんぞうshinzou[0]heiban (flat)
しんぞshinzo[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbconstruction; building
- nounnewly built ship; new boat
- noun(another's) wife (usu. young)
- nounyoung, unmarried woman
- nounwife of a samurai or wealthy tradesman
- nounyoung prostitute who has just started working (as an assistant to an older prostitute)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 新造する（しんぞうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 新造します（しんぞうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 新造しない（しんぞうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 新造しません（しんぞうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 新造せず・新造せぬ（しんぞうせず・しんぞうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 新造した（しんぞうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 新造しました（しんぞうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 新造しなかった（しんぞうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 新造しませんでした（しんぞうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 新造して（しんぞうして） |
| Potential | 新造できる（しんぞうできる） |
| Passive | 新造される（しんぞうされる） |
| Causative | 新造させる（しんぞうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 新造させられる（しんぞうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 新造すれば（しんぞうすれば） |
| tara | 新造したら（しんぞうしたら） |
| Volitional | 新造しよう（しんぞうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 新造しましょう（しんぞうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 新造しろ（しんぞうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym建設けんせつNeutralNeutral term for building structures and facilities, as in 「ダムの建設」; 「新造」 is mostly for newly built ships and vehicles.
- Synonym新築しんちくNeutralUsed for newly built houses, as in 「新築マンション」; 「新造」 is mostly said of ships and vehicles, so 「新築」 is the usual word for houses.
- Synonym建造けんぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose for building structures or ships; 「新造」 stresses that what is built is new.
- Synonym建立こんりゅうWrittenFormal term for building temples and pagodas, as in 「寺を建立する」.
- Related作りつくりNeutralMaking in general, also structure or appearance; 「新造」 refers specifically to something newly built.
- Related構築こうちくWrittenWritten/formal prose for building systems or frameworks, as in 「システムを構築」; leans abstract.
- Related設営せつえいNeutralSetting up venues, tents and the like; stresses temporary arrangement rather than lasting construction.
- Related築造ちくぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose for building solid, large-scale works such as dams and ancient burial mounds.
- Related造営ぞうえいWrittenFormal term for building shrines and palaces, as in 「社殿の造営」.
- Related営造えいぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose for building structures and roads; rarely used.
- Antonym廃棄はいきNeutralDisposal or scrapping of things; the opposite of the newness implied by 「新造」.
- Antonym解体かいたいNeutralDemolition or dismantling; the opposite of the building sense of 「新造」.
「新造」 is for newly built ships and vehicles, as in 「新造船」. For houses use 「新築」, for general construction 「建設」, for temples 「建立」 and for shrines 「造営」. 「構築」 suits abstract systems, 「設営」 temporary setups, 「築造」 large solid works, 「建造」 ships and structures in formal prose. Opposites: 「廃棄」 (scrapping) and 「解体」 (dismantling).
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