空輸|くうゆkuuyu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveair transport; air lift; airlift
    空輸くうゆのおかげで食べ物たべものに季節感きせつかんを感かんじなくなったというお話はなしです。↗
    It's talking about how, thanks to air transport, we've lost the sense of 'season' for foodstuffs.
Conjugation
Dictionary form空輸する(くうゆする)
Polite (masu)空輸します(くうゆします)
Negative (nai)空輸しない(くうゆしない)
polite (masen)空輸しません(くうゆしません)
classical zu / nu空輸せず・空輸せぬ(くうゆせず・くうゆせぬ)
Past (ta)空輸した(くうゆした)
polite (mashita)空輸しました(くうゆしました)
Past negative (nakatta)空輸しなかった(くうゆしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)空輸しませんでした(くうゆしませんでした)
Te form空輸して(くうゆして)
Potential空輸できる(くうゆできる)
Passive空輸される(くうゆされる)
Causative空輸させる(くうゆさせる)
Causative passive空輸させられる(くうゆさせられる)
Conditional (ba)空輸すれば(くうゆすれば)
tara空輸したら(くうゆしたら)
Volitional空輸しよう(くうゆしよう)
polite (mashou)空輸しましょう(くうゆしましょう)
Imperative空輸しろ(くうゆしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym空中輸送くうちゅうゆそうWrittenThe full, unabbreviated form of 「空輸」 for carrying people or goods by plane; more formal, and everyday usage prefers the short form 「空輸」.
  • Synonym空運くううんWrittenAnother term for air transportation, but rare in written prose; in everyday contexts say 「空輸」.
  • Synonym航空運送FormalThe formal name used in laws and business for carrying passengers and cargo by aircraft; everyday speech and news reports usually say 「空輸」.
  • Antonym海運かいうんNeutralTransport by ship across the sea; a mode of transport parallel to 「空輸」 using a different channel, not a true opposite in meaning.
  • Antonym陸送りくそうNeutralLand transport, mostly by truck or rail; a transport mode parallel to 「空輸」, distinguished by route rather than a true opposite.

Use 「空輸」 for carrying goods by plane, including emergency airlifts, as in 「救援物資を空輸する」; the full form is 「空中輸送」 and the formal legal term 「航空運送」. For sea routes say 「海運」, for land routes 「陸送」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 航空輸送こうくうゆそう、空中くうちゅう輸送ゆそうの略りゃく。航空機こうくうきを用もちいた輸送ゆそう。
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