発達|はったつhattatsu[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdevelopment; growth
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbprogress; development; advancement
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbexpansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.)
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdevelopmental disability; person with a developmental disability
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 発達する(はったつする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 発達します(はったつします) |
| Negative (nai) | 発達しない(はったつしない) |
| polite (masen) | 発達しません(はったつしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 発達せず・発達せぬ(はったつせず・はったつせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 発達した(はったつした) |
| polite (mashita) | 発達しました(はったつしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 発達しなかった(はったつしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 発達しませんでした(はったつしませんでした) |
| Te form | 発達して(はったつして) |
| Potential | 発達できる(はったつできる) |
| Passive | 発達される(はったつされる) |
| Causative | 発達させる(はったつさせる) |
| Causative passive | 発達させられる(はったつさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 発達すれば(はったつすれば) |
| tara | 発達したら(はったつしたら) |
| Volitional | 発達しよう(はったつしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 発達しましょう(はったつしましょう) |
| Imperative | 発達しろ(はったつしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym発展はってんNeutralLeans toward expansion in scale or growing power, typical of 「経済発展」 and talk of cities; 「発達」 is about functions, mind and body maturing.
- Synonym進歩しんぽNeutralStresses forward movement in a good direction, as in technical progress; 「発達」 pictures the gradual maturing of mind, body or skill.
- Synonym成長せいちょうNeutralCovers living things growing up, personal growth and economic growth; 「発達」 highlights functions becoming fully developed.
- Synonym発育はついくNeutralRestricted to physical growth, as in 「発育が良い」; 「発達」 also takes in the mind and skills.
- Synonym進展しんてんNeutralAbout a situation moving forward, as in 「交渉が進展する」; 「発達」 is for the growth of abilities and technology.
- Synonym進化しんかNeutralBiological evolution, or technology upgrading to a new generation; 「発達」 stresses functions gradually maturing into a fuller state.
- Related向上こうじょうNeutralRising to a higher level, as in 「品質向上」; 「発達」 points to the whole process of growth and development.
- Related伸長しんちょうWrittenA written, formal word for stretching or expansion, as in 「売上の伸長」; 「発達」 is about functions maturing.
- Related上達じょうたつNeutralReserved for skills getting better, as in 「英語が上達する」; 「発達」 is the broader term.
- Related増進ぞうしんNeutralFor gains in strength or appetite, as in 「食欲増進」; 「発達」 centres on growth itself.
- Related展開てんかいNeutralThe unfolding of events or a plot, or rolling out a business; 「発達」 is about maturing into a fuller state.
- Related伸びるのびるNeutralColloquial verb for something stretching or lengthening, or for results rising; 「発達」 is about functions maturing.
- Related成熟せいじゅくNeutralRipening of fruit, or of mind, body or timing; 「発達」 stresses the process of development toward full form.
- Related生育せいいくNeutralMostly plant growth, or bearing and raising young; 「発達」 is about functions and mind or body reaching full form.
- Related生長せいちょうNeutralSpecifically the growth of plants; 「発達」 covers mind, body and skills.
- Related育つそだつNeutralColloquial verb for growing up or being raised; 「発達」 is the more formal choice.
- Related成育せいいくWrittenA written, formal word for people or animals growing to maturity; everyday speech prefers 「成長」 or 「育つ」.
- Related開発かいはつNeutralA deliberate human act: developing land, products or technology. 「発達」 is the process itself; human-improved technology and transport can also 「発達する」.
- RelatedかいぜんNeutralFixing what is bad to make it better; 「発達」 is growth from a lower to a higher state.
- Related生い立つおいたつWrittenA written, somewhat old-fashioned verb for growing up; everyday speech uses 「育つ」.
- Antonym退化たいかNeutralAntonym in the direction of development: degeneration or atrophy, the reverse of 「発達」.
- Antonym衰退すいたいNeutralAntonym in the direction of development: decline or waning vigour, the opposite of 「発達」.
Use 「発達」 for the mind, body or skills gradually maturing toward a fuller state, and for a typhoon or low intensifying. For expansion in scale or power — economies, cities — pick 「発展」; for progress in a good direction 「進歩」; for growing up or economic growth 「成長」; for skills improving 「上達」; for deliberately developing land, products or technology 「開発」. 「発育」 is physical growth only, 「進展」 the progress of a situation, 「退化」 and 「衰退」 its antonyms for degeneration and decline.
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