枚挙|まいきょmaikyo[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveenumeration
Conjugation
Dictionary form枚挙する(まいきょする)
Polite (masu)枚挙します(まいきょします)
Negative (nai)枚挙しない(まいきょしない)
polite (masen)枚挙しません(まいきょしません)
classical zu / nu枚挙せず・枚挙せぬ(まいきょせず・まいきょせぬ)
Past (ta)枚挙した(まいきょした)
polite (mashita)枚挙しました(まいきょしました)
Past negative (nakatta)枚挙しなかった(まいきょしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)枚挙しませんでした(まいきょしませんでした)
Te form枚挙して(まいきょして)
Potential枚挙できる(まいきょできる)
Passive枚挙される(まいきょされる)
Causative枚挙させる(まいきょさせる)
Causative passive枚挙させられる(まいきょさせられる)
Conditional (ba)枚挙すれば(まいきょすれば)
tara枚挙したら(まいきょしたら)
Volitional枚挙しよう(まいきょしよう)
polite (mashou)枚挙しましょう(まいきょしましょう)
Imperative枚挙しろ(まいきょしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym列挙れっきょWrittenWritten/formal prose for listing items one by one, as in 「問題点を列挙する」. 「枚挙」 itself mostly appears in the negative 「枚挙にいとまがない」.
  • Synonym列記れっきWrittenWritten/formal prose: writing items out in order, one after another — a matter of putting them down in written text.
  • Synonym羅列られつWrittenWritten/formal prose for piling items up, often with a negative nuance of lacking order or structure, as in 「数字の羅列」.
  • Related数えるかぞえるNeutralNeutral and the most general: to count or tally numbers; it can also mean enumerating items one by one.
  • Related並べるならべるNeutralNeutral: to line things up or arrange them; it can also mean enumerating, but the emphasis is on physical placement.
  • Related箇条書きかじょうがきNeutralNeutral: the itemized, bullet-point style of writing, as in 「箇条書きにする」. Concerns the format of presentation rather than the act of enumerating.
  • Related書き連ねるかきつらねるNeutralNeutral: writing things down one after another; stresses the act of writing rather than the number of items.
  • Related数え上げるかぞえあげるNeutralNeutral: to count through one by one or enumerate each item in turn, as in 「功績を数え上げる」.
  • Related並べ立てるならべたてるNeutralNeutral: to lay out items one after another, often with a critical or negative nuance, as in 「言い訳を並べ立てる」.
  • Related挙げるあげるNeutralNeutral and the most versatile: to give an example, as in 「例を挙げる」.

To give an example, use 「挙げる」; to list items one by one, 「列挙」. In formal prose, say there are too many to count with 「枚挙にいとまがない」, as in 「事例は枚挙にいとまがない」; for a mere piling up, 「羅列」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 一ひとつ一ひとつ数え上かぞえあげること。
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