漏洩・漏えい・漏泄|ろうえいrouei[0]heiban (flat)
ろうせつrousetsu[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
漏洩漏洩 is the most common form and the recommended choice for beginners. It is written entirely in kanji.
漏えい漏えい is less common than 漏洩 and is written with kanji and kana. You may encounter it as an alternative spelling.
漏泄漏泄 is a rarely used form written entirely in kanji, so you will seldom encounter it.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbleak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbleak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas); coming through (of light)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 漏洩する（ろうえいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 漏洩します（ろうえいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 漏洩しない（ろうえいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 漏洩しません（ろうえいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 漏洩せず・漏洩せぬ（ろうえいせず・ろうえいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 漏洩した（ろうえいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 漏洩しました（ろうえいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 漏洩しなかった（ろうえいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 漏洩しませんでした（ろうえいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 漏洩して（ろうえいして） |
| Potential | 漏洩できる（ろうえいできる） |
| Passive | 漏洩される（ろうえいされる） |
| Causative | 漏洩させる（ろうえいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 漏洩させられる（ろうえいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 漏洩すれば（ろうえいすれば） |
| tara | 漏洩したら（ろうえいしたら） |
| Volitional | 漏洩しよう（ろうえいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 漏洩しましょう（ろうえいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 漏洩しろ（ろうえいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym暴露ばくろNeutralNeutral. Suggests actively exposing a scandal or secret, as in 「不正を暴露する」; 「漏洩」 is more about information leaking out.
- Synonym漏らすもらすNeutralNeutral verb: to divulge a secret or let it slip out, and also to leak liquid; very common in everyday speech.
- SynonymばらすCasualColloquial: to spill a secret; also means to take something apart or to bump someone off.
- SynonymリークNeutralNeutral loanword for deliberately leaking information, as in 「情報をリーク」.
- Synonym漏るもるNeutralNeutral: used for rain or water leaking, as in 「雨が漏る」; can cover secrets too but rarely used for information.
- Synonym漏出ろうしゅつWrittenWritten/formal prose for liquid or gas escaping; technical in flavor, but also seen in 「機密情報の漏出」.
- Synonym漏れるもれるNeutralNeutral intransitive and the most general word for leaking out or being divulged, as in 「情報が漏れる」.
- RelatedばれるCasualColloquial intransitive: a secret is found out or gives you away, as in 「嘘がばれる」.
- Related暴き出すあばきだすWrittenWritten/formal prose: to dig a hidden crime or secret fully into the open; leans toward investigative exposure.
- Related暴くあばくNeutralNeutral: to uncover a secret, as in 「秘密を暴く」; can also mean to dig up a grave.
- Antonym秘匿ひとくWrittenWritten/formal prose: to keep something secret; the opposite of the outward leak that 「漏洩」 describes.
- Antonym隠蔽いんぺいWrittenWritten/formal prose: deliberately covering up inconvenient facts; the opposite of 「漏洩」.
Use 「漏洩」 for the formal word when information, secrets, or gas leak out, as in 「個人情報の漏洩」; in daily speech say 「漏れる」. For actively exposing something, pick 「暴露」 or 「暴く」; when a secret is found out, say 「ばれる」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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