生じる|しょうじるshoujiru[0]heiban (flat)
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- ichidan verb, transitive verbto produce; to yield; to cause
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto result from; to arise; to be generated
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.
- 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.
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