純化|じゅんかjunka[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbpurification; refining
- 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.
- 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」.
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