示威|じいjii[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
しいshii[1]atamadaka (head-high)
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbdemonstration; show of force
Conjugation
Dictionary form示威する(じいする)
Polite (masu)示威します(じいします)
Negative (nai)示威しない(じいしない)
polite (masen)示威しません(じいしません)
classical zu / nu示威せず・示威せぬ(じいせず・じいせぬ)
Past (ta)示威した(じいした)
polite (mashita)示威しました(じいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)示威しなかった(じいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)示威しませんでした(じいしませんでした)
Te form示威して(じいして)
Potential示威できる(じいできる)
Passive示威される(じいされる)
Causative示威させる(じいさせる)
Causative passive示威させられる(じいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)示威すれば(じいすれば)
tara示威したら(じいしたら)
Volitional示威しよう(じいしよう)
polite (mashou)示威しましょう(じいしましょう)
Imperative示威しろ(じいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymデモNeutralLoanword for a protest demonstration; the most common choice in everyday speech, and also used for product demos.
  • SynonymデモンストレーションWrittenWritten loanword covering protests and demonstrations; fuller and more formal than 「デモ」, and also used for product demos or presentations.
  • Synonym示威運動じいうんどうFormalFormal term for a demonstration movement; stresses collective action to show a group's claims or strength.
  • Related行進こうしんNeutralMarching in formation; stresses orderly movement and can be either a protest march or a ceremonial parade.
  • RelatedデモるCasualSlangy colloquial verb coined from 「デモ」; rare, and only about marching in the streets. 「示威」 is more written in tone and broadly means displaying force.
  • Antonym恭順きょうじゅんFormalFormal antonym: reverent submission and obedience, the opposite of the show of force in 「示威」.

Use 「示威」 for showing force to others, often as 「示威行為」 or 「示威運動」. Everyday street protests are 「デモ」; 「デモンストレーション」 is its fuller written form, 「デモる」 a slangy verb. 「行進」 is just marching in formation; 「恭順」 is its opposite: submission.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 威力いりょくを他者たしゃに示しめすこと。
  2. 威力いりょくを他者たしゃに示しめす。
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