発信|はっしんhasshin[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbdispatch; despatch; transmission; submission
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbinforming (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
Conjugation
Dictionary form発信する(はっしんする)
Polite (masu)発信します(はっしんします)
Negative (nai)発信しない(はっしんしない)
polite (masen)発信しません(はっしんしません)
classical zu / nu発信せず・発信せぬ(はっしんせず・はっしんせぬ)
Past (ta)発信した(はっしんした)
polite (mashita)発信しました(はっしんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)発信しなかった(はっしんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)発信しませんでした(はっしんしませんでした)
Te form発信して(はっしんして)
Potential発信できる(はっしんできる)
Passive発信される(はっしんされる)
Causative発信させる(はっしんさせる)
Causative passive発信させられる(はっしんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)発信すれば(はっしんすれば)
tara発信したら(はっしんしたら)
Volitional発信しよう(はっしんしよう)
polite (mashou)発信しましょう(はっしんしましょう)
Imperative発信しろ(はっしんしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym送信そうしんNeutralNoun for sending mail or data; leans technical, as in 「メール送信」. 「発信」 stresses putting out signals, information or opinions.
  • Synonym発送はっそうNeutralNoun for shipping goods, as in 「商品の発送」; centres on physically moving items, not on signals or messages.
  • Synonym送るおくるNeutralThe everyday verb for mailing, sending messages or seeing someone off, as in 「メールを送る」; 「発信」 stresses putting out information or views.
  • Synonym送付そうふWrittenNoun for sending documents or remitting money; business-formal register, unlike 「発信」's focus on sending out information.
  • Related差し出すさしだすNeutralVerb for holding out or handing something over, as in 「手紙を差し出す」; stresses the act of presenting it, not sending out information.
  • Related送りつけるおくりつけるNeutralVerb for sending something unsolicited, with a negative nuance, as in scam mailings; the headword 「発信」 is neutral.
  • Related出すだすNeutralVerb for taking out or sending things off; the broadest in range and very common in speech, but without 「発信」's focus on putting out information.
  • Related郵送ゆうそうNeutralNoun for mailing via the post, as in 「書類を郵送」; tied to postal delivery, unlike 「発信」's broader sending out of information.
  • Related発するはっするWrittenVerb for emitting sounds or light and issuing orders; it leans toward written style, while 「発信」 is about sending out information or views.
  • Related送り届けるおくりとどけるNeutralVerb for delivering something right to the recipient, as in 「家まで送り届ける」; stresses completed delivery, not the act of sending out.
  • Related届けるとどけるNeutralVerb for delivering something or reporting to the authorities, as in 「警察に届ける」; stresses reaching the recipient, not sending out.
  • Related急送きゅうそうWrittenWritten-style noun for rushing something off, as in 「患者を病院へ急送する」; 「発信」 is about sending out information.
  • Related逓送ていそうWrittenRare written noun for relaying things stage by stage, as mail passed from station to station; stresses step-by-step transmission.
  • Antonym受信じゅしんNeutralAntonym: noun for receiving messages, as in 「メール受信」; the counterpart to 「発信」 on the receiving end.

Use 「発信」 for sending out signals, information or opinions from yourself, as in 「情報発信」 and 「発信者」. For email use 「送信」, for shipping goods 「発送」, for mailing 「郵送」, for sending documents 「送付」, and for everyday sending 「送る」. 「受信」 is the opposite: receiving.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 郵便ゆうびん・電報でんぽう・電波でんぱなどを出だすこと。
  2. 自身じしんが起点きてんとなって情報じょうほうを伝つたえていくこと。
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