発車|はっしゃhassha[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdeparture (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving
    バスは五ご分ふん後ごに発車はっしゃします。↗
    The bus leaves in five minutes.
Conjugation
Dictionary form発車する(はっしゃする)
Polite (masu)発車します(はっしゃします)
Negative (nai)発車しない(はっしゃしない)
polite (masen)発車しません(はっしゃしません)
classical zu / nu発車せず・発車せぬ(はっしゃせず・はっしゃせぬ)
Past (ta)発車した(はっしゃした)
polite (mashita)発車しました(はっしゃしました)
Past negative (nakatta)発車しなかった(はっしゃしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)発車しませんでした(はっしゃしませんでした)
Te form発車して(はっしゃして)
Potential発車できる(はっしゃできる)
Passive発車される(はっしゃされる)
Causative発車させる(はっしゃさせる)
Causative passive発車させられる(はっしゃさせられる)
Conditional (ba)発車すれば(はっしゃすれば)
tara発車したら(はっしゃしたら)
Volitional発車しよう(はっしゃしよう)
polite (mashou)発車しましょう(はっしゃしましょう)
Imperative発車しろ(はっしゃしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym出発しゅっぱつNeutralCovers people as well as vehicles, as in 「旅行に出発する」; broader in scope, while 「発車」 refers only to a vehicle starting to move.
  • Antonym到着とうちゃくNeutralMeans arrival, the counterpart of 「発車」 on the departure–arrival axis.
  • Antonym停車ていしゃNeutralA vehicle coming to a stop, the opposite of the moving-off 「発車」; seen in 「各駅停車」.

Use 「発車」 for a train or car starting off and moving out. For people setting out, say 「出発」; for a vehicle stopping, 「停車」; for arrival, 「到着」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 列車れっしゃやバス、自動車じどうしゃなどが動うごきだすこと。
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