深化|しんかshinka[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdeepening
Conjugation
Dictionary form深化する(しんかする)
Polite (masu)深化します(しんかします)
Negative (nai)深化しない(しんかしない)
polite (masen)深化しません(しんかしません)
classical zu / nu深化せず・深化せぬ(しんかせず・しんかせぬ)
Past (ta)深化した(しんかした)
polite (mashita)深化しました(しんかしました)
Past negative (nakatta)深化しなかった(しんかしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)深化しませんでした(しんかしませんでした)
Te form深化して(しんかして)
Potential深化できる(しんかできる)
Passive深化される(しんかされる)
Causative深化させる(しんかさせる)
Causative passive深化させられる(しんかさせられる)
Conditional (ba)深化すれば(しんかすれば)
tara深化したら(しんかしたら)
Volitional深化しよう(しんかしよう)
polite (mashou)深化しましょう(しんかしましょう)
Imperative深化しろ(しんかしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related深まるふかまるNeutralNative verb for something deepening, as in 「理解が深まる」「秋が深まる」; the headword 「深化」 is the more written, formal choice.
  • Related強まるつよまるNeutralMeans to grow stronger, as in 「風が強まる」; 「深化」 is about deeper development, not strength.
  • Related高じるこうじるWrittenWritten word for a hobby, interest, illness or emotion growing steadily stronger, as in 「趣味が高じて」; 「深化」 instead stresses development in depth.
  • Related高ずるこうずるWrittenA variant form of 「高じる」; more written in flavor and used less often.
  • Antonym浅薄化WrittenWritten word for becoming shallow; the direct opposite of 「深化」, and rarely used.

For understanding or the season deepening, say 「深まる」. In written prose, for relations or problems developing in depth, use 「深化」, as in 「対立が深化する」. For a hobby or interest that keeps growing, or an illness getting steadily heavier, 「高じる」 fits.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 物事ものごとの程度ていどが深ふかまること。
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