結晶|けっしょうkesshou[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbcrystal; crystallization; crystallisation
    彼かれは海水かいすいから塩しおを結晶けっしょうさせて取り出とりだした。↗
    He crystallized salt from seawater.
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbfruits (of labor, union, etc.)
    あのかわいい赤あかちゃんは彼かれらの愛あいの結晶けっしょうです。↗
    That cute baby is the fruit of their love.
Conjugation
Dictionary form結晶する(けっしょうする)
Polite (masu)結晶します(けっしょうします)
Negative (nai)結晶しない(けっしょうしない)
polite (masen)結晶しません(けっしょうしません)
classical zu / nu結晶せず・結晶せぬ(けっしょうせず・けっしょうせぬ)
Past (ta)結晶した(けっしょうした)
polite (mashita)結晶しました(けっしょうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)結晶しなかった(けっしょうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)結晶しませんでした(けっしょうしませんでした)
Te form結晶して(けっしょうして)
Potential結晶できる(けっしょうできる)
Passive結晶される(けっしょうされる)
Causative結晶させる(けっしょうさせる)
Causative passive結晶させられる(けっしょうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)結晶すれば(けっしょうすれば)
tara結晶したら(けっしょうしたら)
Volitional結晶しよう(けっしょうしよう)
polite (mashou)結晶しましょう(けっしょうしましょう)
Imperative結晶しろ(けっしょうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymクリスタルNeutralLoanword for crystal (quartz) and crystal glass, as in 「クリスタルガラス」; it lacks the figurative sense of hard-won achievement that 「結晶」 also carries.
  • Synonym所産しょさんWrittenA written, formal word for something produced or engendered; 「結晶」 carries a warmer sense of preciousness and condensation.
  • Related成果せいかNeutralResults or achievements in general; 「結晶」 figuratively suggests something precious condensed from long effort, as in 「努力の結晶」.
  • Related収穫しゅうかくNeutralHarvest or crop, also used figuratively for gains and rewards; 「結晶」 centers on painstaking effort distilled into a result.
  • Related産物さんぶつNeutralA neutral word for a product or thing produced, material or not; 「結晶」 adds a nuance of preciousness, of effort crystallized.
  • Related実りみのりNeutralThe ripening of crops and the harvest, figuratively too; 「結晶」 stresses the condensing of painstaking effort into a result.
  • Related結実けつじつNeutralBearing fruit: the process of efforts or plans coming to fruition; 「結晶」 denotes the crystallized result itself.
  • Antonym非晶質ひしょうしつWrittenThe technical antonym: matter whose atoms or molecules are arranged irregularly, i.e. non-crystalline, contrasted with 「結晶」.
  • AntonymアモルファスWrittenLoanword for amorphous; like 「非晶質」, it stands opposite 「結晶」 in the crystal-versus-amorphous contrast.

Use 「結晶」 for crystals and for something precious condensed from long effort, as in 「努力の結晶」「愛の結晶」. For results in general choose 「成果」, for products 「産物」, for efforts paying off 「結実」, and for crystal glass 「クリスタル」; the antonym is 「非晶質」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 原子げんしや分子ぶんしが空間的くうかんてきに規則きそく正ただしく配列はいれつしている物質ぶっしつ。
  2. 努力どりょくなどの結果けっかとしてある形かたちをとって現あらわれること。また、その物もの。
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