歓呼|かんこkanko[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbacclamation; jubilation
    国民こくみんは歓呼かんこして彼かれを国王こくおうに迎むかえた。↗
    The people acclaimed him King.
Conjugation
Dictionary form歓呼する(かんこする)
Polite (masu)歓呼します(かんこします)
Negative (nai)歓呼しない(かんこしない)
polite (masen)歓呼しません(かんこしません)
classical zu / nu歓呼せず・歓呼せぬ(かんこせず・かんこせぬ)
Past (ta)歓呼した(かんこした)
polite (mashita)歓呼しました(かんこしました)
Past negative (nakatta)歓呼しなかった(かんこしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)歓呼しませんでした(かんこしませんでした)
Te form歓呼して(かんこして)
Potential歓呼できる(かんこできる)
Passive歓呼される(かんこされる)
Causative歓呼させる(かんこさせる)
Causative passive歓呼させられる(かんこさせられる)
Conditional (ba)歓呼すれば(かんこすれば)
tara歓呼したら(かんこしたら)
Volitional歓呼しよう(かんこしよう)
polite (mashou)歓呼しましょう(かんこしましょう)
Imperative歓呼しろ(かんこしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym喝采かっさいNeutralLoudly acclaiming a performance or display; the focus is on praise, whereas 「歓呼」 stresses shouting out of joy.
  • Related拍手はくしゅNeutralClapping the hands; the most common everyday word, and it does not necessarily involve shouting.
  • Related拍手喝采はくしゅかっさいNeutralFour-character compound for clapping and cheering at the same time, as in 「拍手喝采を浴びる」 when a show ends.
  • AntonymブーイングNeutralLoanword for an audience booing or hissing to show displeasure; the opposite of cheering and applause.
  • Antonym罵声ばせいNeutralLoud verbal abuse, as in 「罵声を浴びる」; the opposite of joyful cheering.

For a crowd shouting with joy, 「歓呼」 is the written/formal word, as in 「歓呼の声」. Audience cheering is 「喝采」 (also 「歓声」), clapping alone is 「拍手」, and booing is 「ブーイング」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 喜よろこんで声こえを上あげること。
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