潤色・潤飾|じゅんしょくjunshoku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Which spelling to use
潤色潤色 is the more common kanji form and is the form beginners should use.
潤飾潤飾 is a less common kanji variant; learners are less likely to encounter it and should generally choose 潤色 instead.
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbrhetorical flourishes
Conjugation
Dictionary form潤色する(じゅんしょくする)
Polite (masu)潤色します(じゅんしょくします)
Negative (nai)潤色しない(じゅんしょくしない)
polite (masen)潤色しません(じゅんしょくしません)
classical zu / nu潤色せず・潤色せぬ(じゅんしょくせず・じゅんしょくせぬ)
Past (ta)潤色した(じゅんしょくした)
polite (mashita)潤色しました(じゅんしょくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)潤色しなかった(じゅんしょくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)潤色しませんでした(じゅんしょくしませんでした)
Te form潤色して(じゅんしょくして)
Potential潤色できる(じゅんしょくできる)
Passive潤色される(じゅんしょくされる)
Causative潤色させる(じゅんしょくさせる)
Causative passive潤色させられる(じゅんしょくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)潤色すれば(じゅんしょくすれば)
tara潤色したら(じゅんしょくしたら)
Volitional潤色しよう(じゅんしょくしよう)
polite (mashou)潤色しましょう(じゅんしょくしましょう)
Imperative潤色しろ(じゅんしょくしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym粉飾ふんしょくNeutralCovering up the truth, as in 「粉飾決算」; it implies deception and is more negative than 「潤色」.
  • Synonym修飾しゅうしょくNeutralCovers decorating or adorning things, and also grammatical modification as in 「修飾語」; it is not specifically about polishing a piece of writing.
  • Related脚色きゃくしょくNeutralMeans adapting something into a script, or embellishing and exaggerating, as in 「話を脚色する」; the emphasis is on dramatizing.

Use 「潤色」 for adding literary polish to writing or a story, as in 「事実を潤色する」. Use 「脚色」 for adapting a work or embellishing a tale, and 「粉飾」 for glossing over the truth.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 光沢こうたくを加くわえるため色いろをつけること。
  2. 面白おもしろみを表出ひょうしゅつさせるため事実じじつを誇張こちょうしたり虚構きょこうを織り交おりまぜること。
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