移送|いそうisou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbtransfer; transport; transportation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 移送する（いそうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 移送します（いそうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 移送しない（いそうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 移送しません（いそうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 移送せず・移送せぬ（いそうせず・いそうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 移送した（いそうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 移送しました（いそうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 移送しなかった（いそうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 移送しませんでした（いそうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 移送して（いそうして） |
| Potential | 移送できる（いそうできる） |
| Passive | 移送される（いそうされる） |
| Causative | 移送させる（いそうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 移送させられる（いそうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 移送すれば（いそうすれば） |
| tara | 移送したら（いそうしたら） |
| Volitional | 移送しよう（いそうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 移送しましょう（いそうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 移送しろ（いそうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym輸送ゆそうNeutralTransporting people or goods by vehicle, as in 「輸送機」; 「移送」 centres on moving people, things, or a case from one place to another.
- Synonym運送うんそうNeutralCarrying freight or passengers; largely an industry term, as in 「運送会社」. 「移送」 has no commercial-transport nuance.
- Synonym運搬うんぱんNeutralMoving items to another place, with the focus on the carrying itself; 「移送」 is also used for patients, suspects, and cases.
- Synonym搬送はんそうNeutralTransport, especially taking a patient to hospital, as in 「救急搬送」; 「移送」 also applies to transferring cases and the like.
- SynonymうつすNeutralEveryday verb for moving something elsewhere, used very broadly; 「移送」 is a formal Sino-Japanese noun for moving someone or something and delivering them there.
- Synonym運輸うんゆWrittenWritten term for the passenger and freight transport industry, as in 「運輸省」; 「移送」 is the concrete act of moving a person or thing elsewhere.
- Synonym運ぶはこぶNeutralEveryday verb for carrying or transporting things, the broadest in use; 「移送」 is more formal, seen mainly in official documents and news reports.
- Synonym送るおくるNeutralEveryday verb for mailing things or seeing someone off, with wide uses; 「移送」 is specifically moving people, things, or a case from one place to another.
- Related移転いてんNeutralRelocating a home or office and transferring property or deeds, as in 「本社移転」; unlike 「移送」, it does not mean sending people or things elsewhere.
- Related転移てんいWrittenWritten word for a shift or spread, above all cancer metastasis; not used for the transport or handover that 「移送」 describes.
- Related移動いどうNeutralThe most common word for people or things changing place, and it covers moving oneself; 「移送」 is about sending a person or thing somewhere else.
- Related送致そうちFormalFormal legal term for the police sending a case or suspect to the prosecutors, as in 「書類送致」; 「移送」 covers a wider range of situations.
- Antonym留め置きとめおきWrittenKeeping items in one's own custody instead of sending them off; it stands opposite to 「移送」 in the choice between sending away and holding back.
Use 「移送」 for moving people, things, or a case somewhere else. For carrying goods, say 「輸送」 or 「運送」; for taking a patient to hospital, 「搬送」; for the police sending a case to prosecutors, 「送致」.
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