生じる|しょうじるshoujiru[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto produce; to yield; to cause
  2. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto result from; to arise; to be generated
    事故じこは不注意ふちゅういから生しょうじる。↗
    Accidents arise from carelessness.
Conjugation
Dictionary form生じる(しょうじる)
Polite (masu)生じます(しょうじます)
Negative (nai)生じない(しょうじない)
polite (masen)生じません(しょうじません)
classical zu / nu生じず・生じぬ(しょうじず・しょうじぬ)
Past (ta)生じた(しょうじた)
polite (mashita)生じました(しょうじました)
Past negative (nakatta)生じなかった(しょうじなかった)
polite (masen deshita)生じませんでした(しょうじませんでした)
Te form生じて(しょうじて)
Potential生じられる(しょうじられる)
Passive生じられる(しょうじられる)
Causative生じさせる(しょうじさせる)
Causative passive生じさせられる(しょうじさせられる)
Conditional (ba)生じれば(しょうじれば)
tara生じたら(しょうじたら)
Volitional生じよう(しょうじよう)
polite (mashou)生じましょう(しょうじましょう)
Imperative生じろ(しょうじろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym生み出すうみだすNeutralRefers to actively creating something new, as in 「新しい価値を生み出す」; stresses deliberate creation more than 「生じる」.
  • Synonym生むうむNeutralMeans to give birth, and also to produce a result, as in 「誤解を生む」; more everyday than 「生じる」 and always transitive.
  • Synonym生ずるしょうずるWrittenAn alternative form of 「生じる」 with essentially the same produce and arise senses; 「生ずる」 carries an older, written flavour.
  • Synonym発生はっせいNeutralCovers new things arising or being produced, and also the development of organisms; 「生じる」 is a verb and can also mean to cause.
  • Synonym生まれるうまれるNeutralMeans to be born or to come into being, also for new things; more everyday than 「生じる」 and cannot take an object to mean causing.
  • Synonym引き起こすひきおこすNeutralTo trigger events or problems, focusing on a cause bringing a result; 「生じる」 can merely state that the result occurred.
  • Synonym起こるおこるNeutralFor situations or phenomena occurring, also feelings arising; more everyday than 「生じる」 and interchangeable with 「起きる」 for happening.
  • Synonym偶発ぐうはつWrittenWritten/formal: to happen by chance, as in 「偶発的な事故」; 「生じる」 itself says nothing about whether it was accidental.
  • Synonym作り出すつくりだすNeutralFor people manufacturing or creating things; 「生じる」 can also describe problems or phenomena arising naturally, with no sense of making.
  • Synonym出来しゅったいWrittenRead 「しゅったい」, a written-style word for occurring or being completed; for saying something happened, 「生じる」 is the usual choice.
  • Synonym誘発ゆうはつNeutralOne thing serving as a trigger that sets off another event or reaction; stresses the triggering relation more than 「生じる」.
  • Synonym作るつくるNeutralTo make or produce, very common in daily life; 「生じる」 also covers problems or changes appearing, with no act of making involved.
  • Synonym生起せいきWrittenWritten/formal word for phenomena or events occurring; matches the arise sense of 「生じる」 but never expresses actively creating something.
  • Synonym産するさんするWrittenWritten/formal: to produce or yield something, or for something being produced in a place; 「生じる」 more broadly covers arising and being produced.
  • Synonym産生さんせいWrittenCan refer to cells synthesizing substances, or production in general; for ordinary problems arising, 「生じる」 is the usual choice.
  • Related産出さんしゅつNeutralProduction of goods or extraction of minerals, as in 「石油の産出」; 「生じる」 can also speak of problems or changes arising.
  • Related持ち上がるもちあがるNeutralFor problems or events suddenly coming up, as in 「問題が持ち上がる」; adds a nuance of sudden emergence that 「生じる」 lacks.
  • Related起きるおきるNeutralClose to 「生じる」 for events occurring and common in daily speech; it also means to get up or wake up, senses 「生じる」 cannot replace.
  • Related沸き起こるわきおこるWrittenWritten/formal: applause, discussion etc. welling up from within or among a crowd; stresses bursting out from inside more than 「生じる」.
  • Related起こすおこすNeutralTransitive: to cause an event, or to wake someone; 「生じる」 also works intransitively for the event itself occurring.
  • RelatedあるNeutralMeans to exist or be, and can state that something happened or was held, as in 「事故があった」, without stressing that something new arose.
  • Related生成せいせいNeutralFor things being generated or formed, or a state changing into another; 「生じる」 also covers problems arising, without highlighting the forming process.
  • Related発するはっするWrittenWritten/formal: to emit sound, light, heat etc., or to set out; 「生じる」 means arise or be produced without necessarily implying outward emission.
  • Related湧き上がるわきあがるNeutralMeans to boil up, also for emotions or voices surging; stresses the force of welling up more than 「生じる」.
  • RelatedクリエートNeutralLoanword used with 「する」 for creating or producing works; stresses making something new more than the arise sense of 「生じる」.
  • RelatedきたすWrittenWritten/formal: to bring about a situation, as in 「支障を来す」; 「生じる」 can also say the situation simply arises on its own.
  • Antonym消えるきえるNeutralAntonym: things that existed vanishing, feelings fading etc.; opposite of the arise and produce senses of 「生じる」.
  • Antonym滅びるほろびるNeutralAntonym: something existing declining until it is gone, e.g. nations or species; opposite of the producing sense of 「生じる」.

Default: 「生じる」 for problems, differences and changes arising or being produced. For everyday occurrences say 「起こる」 or 「起きる」; to cause an event, 「起こす」 or 「引き起こす」; for deliberate creation of something new, 「生み出す」. Written-style picks include 「生ずる」, 「生起」, 「来す」 and 「偶発」; the nouns 「発生」 and 「生成」 suit occurrence and formation.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 発生はっせいする。生うまれる。出来できる。
  2. 発生はっせいさせる。生み出うみだす。
  3. (「人ひとを主語しゅごにして)有ゆうするようになる。有ゆうし始はじめる。
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