発現|はつげんhatsugen[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbrevelation; manifestation; appearance
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbexpression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 発現する(はつげんする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 発現します(はつげんします) |
| Negative (nai) | 発現しない(はつげんしない) |
| polite (masen) | 発現しません(はつげんしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 発現せず・発現せぬ(はつげんせず・はつげんせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 発現した(はつげんした) |
| polite (mashita) | 発現しました(はつげんしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 発現しなかった(はつげんしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 発現しませんでした(はつげんしませんでした) |
| Te form | 発現して(はつげんして) |
| Potential | 発現できる(はつげんできる) |
| Passive | 発現される(はつげんされる) |
| Causative | 発現させる(はつげんさせる) |
| Causative passive | 発現させられる(はつげんさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 発現すれば(はつげんすれば) |
| tara | 発現したら(はつげんしたら) |
| Volitional | 発現しよう(はつげんしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 発現しましょう(はつげんしましょう) |
| Imperative | 発現しろ(はつげんしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym現れあらわれNeutralNeutral. An outward sign of feelings or qualities showing through, as in 「誠意の現れ」; it names the result rather than the act of emerging.
- Synonym現出げんしゅつWrittenWritten/formal prose. For scenes or states coming into view; leans toward the spectacle, where 「発現」 stresses the latent surfacing.
- Synonym出現しゅつげんNeutralNeutral and common in everyday use. For new things or people appearing; unlike 「発現」, it does not stress a move from hidden to visible.
- Synonym顕現けんげんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Suggests a god, spirit, or inner essence clearly revealing itself; carries a religious tinge and is more solemn than 「発現」.
- Antonym消失しょうしつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Vanishing or fading away; the direct opposite of 「発現」, which marks the move from hidden to visible.
Use 「発現」 when something latent surfaces; it is written/formal prose and common in medicine and biology, as in 「遺伝子の発現」 and 「効果が発現する」. For ordinary appearance pick 「出現」, for outward signs of feeling or character 「現れ」.
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