発足|ほっそくhossoku[0]heiban (flat)
はっそくhassoku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbstarting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 発足する（ほっそくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 発足します（ほっそくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 発足しない（ほっそくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 発足しません（ほっそくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 発足せず・発足せぬ（ほっそくせず・ほっそくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 発足した（ほっそくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 発足しました（ほっそくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 発足しなかった（ほっそくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 発足しませんでした（ほっそくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 発足して（ほっそくして） |
| Potential | 発足できる（ほっそくできる） |
| Passive | 発足される（ほっそくされる） |
| Causative | 発足させる（ほっそくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 発足させられる（ほっそくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 発足すれば（ほっそくすれば） |
| tara | 発足したら（ほっそくしたら） |
| Volitional | 発足しよう（ほっそくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 発足しましょう（ほっそくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 発足しろ（ほっそくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym開始かいしNeutralThe most general word for starting, as in 「試合開始」; 「発足」 is narrower, for organizations, systems or movements officially beginning activity.
- SynonymスタートNeutralA loanword for starting or the start of a race, common in colloquial speech; 「発足」 is more formal and mostly used for organizations.
- Synonym始まりはじまりNeutralA colloquial noun for a beginning or origin; 「発足」 is more formal.
- Synonym始動しどうNeutralUsed for starting machines and engines, and for plans going into action; 「発足」 centers on an organization's launch.
- SynonymキックオフNeutralA loanword for the kickoff in football, also used figuratively for a project kickoff; 「発足」 is more formal.
- Synonym草創そうそうWrittenA written-style word for the founding or earliest days of an undertaking; 「発足」 is the official start of activity.
- Synonym始めるはじめるNeutralThe everyday verb for starting something, the most colloquial choice; 「発足」 is a noun with a formal flavor.
- SynonymはじめNeutralA noun for the beginning or outset of something; 「発足」 focuses on an organization officially starting.
- Synonym設立せつりつNeutralFor newly establishing a company, organization or institution, as in 「委員会を設立する」; it stresses creation, while 「発足」 stresses beginning operation.
- Related幕開けまくあけNeutralFiguratively marks the opening of a new era or season; 「発足」 focuses on an organization getting under way.
- Related着手ちゃくしゅNeutralMeans setting to work on a task or beginning to implement it; 「発足」 focuses on an organization starting up.
- Related乗り出すのりだすNeutralMeans setting out on a new venture, as in 「事業に乗り出す」; 「発足」 focuses on an organization starting up.
- Related踏み出すふみだすNeutralMeans taking a first step, as in 「一歩を踏み出す」; 「発足」 focuses on an organization getting started.
- Related創始そうしWrittenA written-style word for founding or originating something, as in 「創始者」; 「発足」 is an organization officially starting activity.
- Related仕掛けるしかけるNeutralMeans setting something in motion or provoking it, and also setting traps; 「発足」 focuses on an organization starting up.
- Related取り掛かるとりかかるNeutralMeans getting down to a task, as in 「仕事に取り掛かる」; 「発足」 focuses on an organization's launch.
- Related仕掛かるしかかるNeutralMeans starting something and being partway through it; 「発足」 focuses on an organization officially starting.
- Relatedし始めるしはじめるNeutralA grammatical pattern for beginning to do something; 「発足」 focuses on an organization starting up.
- Related幕開きまくあきNeutralRefers to a curtain rising or an opening; 「発足」 focuses on an organization starting activity.
- Related出だしでだしNeutralPoints to the opening or early part of something, as in 「出だしが好調」; 「発足」 focuses on an organization's launch.
- Related滑り出しすべりだしNeutralDescribes how something starts out, as in 「好調な滑り出し」; 「発足」 focuses on an organization starting up.
- RelatedしだすNeutralMeans starting to do something, and can also mean catering, making and delivering food; 「発足」 focuses on an organization starting up.
- Antonym解散かいさんNeutralThe opposite of 「発足」 on the founding–dissolving axis: it means a group or organization breaking up.
- Antonym廃止はいしNeutralStands opposite 「発足」 as starting versus abolishing: it means discontinuing a system or practice.
- Antonym終了しゅうりょうNeutralStands opposite 「発足」 as starting versus ending: it means something coming to a close.
Use 「発足」 when an organization, system or movement officially begins operating. For starting things in general use 「開始」 or 「始まる」, and 「スタート」 in colloquial speech. To start working on a task use 「着手」 or 「取り掛かる」, and to newly create an organization use 「設立」. The antonyms are 「解散」 (disbanding) and 「終了」 (ending).
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