生産|せいさんseisan[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N4approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbproduction; manufacture
    この工場こうじょうはCDプレーヤーを生産せいさんしている。↗
    This factory produces CD players.
Conjugation
Dictionary form生産する(せいさんする)
Polite (masu)生産します(せいさんします)
Negative (nai)生産しない(せいさんしない)
polite (masen)生産しません(せいさんしません)
classical zu / nu生産せず・生産せぬ(せいさんせず・せいさんせぬ)
Past (ta)生産した(せいさんした)
polite (mashita)生産しました(せいさんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)生産しなかった(せいさんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)生産しませんでした(せいさんしませんでした)
Te form生産して(せいさんして)
Potential生産できる(せいさんできる)
Passive生産される(せいさんされる)
Causative生産させる(せいさんさせる)
Causative passive生産させられる(せいさんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)生産すれば(せいさんすれば)
tara生産したら(せいさんしたら)
Volitional生産しよう(せいさんしよう)
polite (mashou)生産しましょう(せいさんしましょう)
Imperative生産しろ(せいさんしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym製造せいぞうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Factory manufacturing of products from raw materials, as in 「製造業」; unlike 「生産」, it does not cover agriculture.
  • Synonym製作せいさくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Making things with tools or machines; also film and TV production, as in 「映画製作」.
  • Synonym産出さんしゅつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Producing or extracting resources and minerals, as in 「石油を産出する」; narrower than 「生産」.
  • SynonymプロダクションNeutralNeutral loanword. Mostly a film or TV production company or a talent agency, not the activity of producing.
  • Synonym作り出すつくりだすNeutralNeutral verb. Creating something new and bringing it into being, as in 「新しい価値を作り出す」.
  • Synonym作り上げるつくりあげるNeutralNeutral verb. Seeing something through to completion; also making it up out of nothing, as in 「話を作り上げる」.
  • SynonymこしらえるCasualColloquial. Making or preparing something, as in 「料理をこしらえる」.
  • Synonym作るつくるNeutralNeutral. The most general verb for making things; everyday speech often uses it instead of 「生産」.
  • Related作製さくせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Making items such as charts, models and maps, as in 「地図を作製する」.
  • Related制作せいさくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Creative production of artworks or programs, as in 「番組制作」.
  • Related加工かこうNeutralNeutral. Processing or treating raw materials and products, as in 「食品加工」; 「生産」 is about turning out the product itself.
  • Related生成せいせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Generation or formation, mostly in chemistry or AI contexts, as in 「画像生成」.
  • Antonym消費しょうひWrittenWritten/formal prose. The opposite of 「生産」: consuming or using up products, as in 「消費者」.

Default to 「生産」 for production. Choose 「製造」 for industrial manufacturing, 「製作」 or 「制作」 for film, TV and creative work, and 「加工」 for processing. In daily conversation 「作る」 usually replaces 「生産」, while 「消費」 is its opposite. 「産出」 covers minerals, 「作製」 charts and models, 「生成」 chemistry and AI.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 自然しぜんの物ものに手てを加くわえて、生活せいかつに直接ちょくせつ、間接かんせつに必要ひつような物資ぶっしや用役ようえきを作つくりだす活動かつどうのこと。
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