概念|がいねんgainen[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noungeneral idea; concept; notion
    彼かれの福祉ふくしの概念がいねんはかなり観念的かんねんてきだ。↗
    His notion of welfare is pretty abstract.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymコンセプトNeutralLoanword for a unifying design or business concept — the idea behind a product, shop or campaign; 「概念」 is the more academic, logical term.
  • Synonym観念かんねんNeutralIdeas and awareness held in the mind, and also resignation or mental preparedness, as in 「観念する」; 「概念」 centers on logical definitions.
  • Related考えかんがえNeutralEveryday word for what a person thinks — views, opinions, ideas; 「概念」 stresses an abstract, defined notion.
  • RelatedコンセプションNeutralRare loanword for a conception or the basic idea behind creative work; in most contexts 「概念」 is the natural choice.
  • Antonym実体じったいWrittenWritten, formal word for a real substance or entity — the concrete counterpart of the abstract 「概念」.

Use 「概念」 for abstract, defined concepts, as in 「概念を定義する」. Pick 「コンセプト」 for a design or business concept, 「観念」 for ideas held in the mind or resignation, 「考え」 for everyday thoughts and opinions, and 「実体」 for a concrete entity.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 言語げんご表現ひょうげんにおけるおおよその内容ないよう。認識にんしきした内容ないようの大おおまかな、もしくは本質的ほんしつてきな表現ひょうげん。ある程度ていどの社会的しゃかいてき共通性きょうつうせいが認みとめられる(低レベルていれべるではあっても客観性きゃっかんせいがある)場合ばあいに概念がいねんという語ごが用もちいられる。また、個々ここの語ごの実質的じっしつてきな意味いみ内容ないよう。
  2. 認識にんしきの枠組わくぐみ。類概念るいがいねん。
  3. 事物じぶつの本質ほんしつをとらえる思考しこうの形式けいしき。捨象しゃしょう、抽象化ちゅうしょうかというプロセスを経へる。(カント哲学てつがくでは先天的せんてんてき概念がいねんの存在そんざいも認みとめる。)
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