純化|じゅんかjunka[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbpurification; refining
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbsimplification
Conjugation
Dictionary form純化する(じゅんかする)
Polite (masu)純化します(じゅんかします)
Negative (nai)純化しない(じゅんかしない)
polite (masen)純化しません(じゅんかしません)
classical zu / nu純化せず・純化せぬ(じゅんかせず・じゅんかせぬ)
Past (ta)純化した(じゅんかした)
polite (mashita)純化しました(じゅんかしました)
Past negative (nakatta)純化しなかった(じゅんかしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)純化しませんでした(じゅんかしませんでした)
Te form純化して(じゅんかして)
Potential純化できる(じゅんかできる)
Passive純化される(じゅんかされる)
Causative純化させる(じゅんかさせる)
Causative passive純化させられる(じゅんかさせられる)
Conditional (ba)純化すれば(じゅんかすれば)
tara純化したら(じゅんかしたら)
Volitional純化しよう(じゅんかしよう)
polite (mashou)純化しましょう(じゅんかしましょう)
Imperative純化しろ(じゅんかしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym精製せいせいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Focuses on refining a crude product into something of better quality, as in 「精製塩」; the usual word for chemical or industrial refining.
  • Related醇化じゅんかWrittenWritten/formal prose. Focuses on removing impurities to make something pure, and also covers moral guidance and winning people over; the kanji are more archaic.
  • Antonym汚染おせんNeutralNeutral register. Polluting or contaminating something with impurities — the opposite of purifying it with 「純化」.
  • Antonym混濁こんだくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Becoming muddy, cloudy or muddled — the opposite of 「純化」, which makes things pure.

「純化」 is written/formal prose for removing impurities to make something pure or simple, as in 「思想の純化」. For chemical or industrial refining, use 「精製」. 「醇化」 is a more literary near-equivalent; the opposites are 「汚染」 and 「混濁」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 純粋じゅんすいなものにすること。
  2. 単純化たんじゅんか。
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