編み出す|あみだすamidasu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- godan verb, transitive verbto think up; to think out; to work out; to come up with; to devise; to invent
- godan verb, transitive verbto knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.)
- godan verb, transitive verbto start knitting
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 編み出す(あみだす) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 編み出します(あみだします) |
| Negative (nai) | 編み出さない(あみださない) |
| polite (masen) | 編み出しません(あみだしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 編み出さず・編み出さぬ(あみださず・あみださぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 編み出した(あみだした) |
| polite (mashita) | 編み出しました(あみだしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 編み出さなかった(あみださなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 編み出しませんでした(あみだしませんでした) |
| Te form | 編み出して(あみだして) |
| Potential | 編み出せる(あみだせる) |
| Passive | 編み出される(あみだされる) |
| Causative | 編み出させる(あみださせる) |
| Causative passive | 編み出させられる(あみださせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 編み出せば(あみだせば) |
| tara | 編み出したら(あみだしたら) |
| Volitional | 編み出そう(あみだそう) |
| polite (mashou) | 編み出しましょう(あみだしましょう) |
| Imperative | 編み出せ(あみだせ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym発明はつめいNeutralMeans invention: creating something never seen before, usually a technical product; 「編み出す」 leans toward working out methods or techniques.
- Synonym考案こうあんWrittenDevising or designing something new; written/formal prose, stressing the ingenuity put into new schemes or devices.
- Synonym考え出すかんがえだすNeutralEveryday word for thinking something up through reasoning; plainer than 「編み出す」.
- Synonym捻り出すひねりだすNeutralRacks your brains to come up with an idea, and also covers scraping together money or time; stresses the effortful squeezing, more of a stretch than 「編み出す」.
- Synonym案出あんしゅつWrittenComing up with a plan or scheme; a rare written word, close to 「考案」.
Use 「編み出す」 for devising a new method or technique through repeated effort, as in 「新しい技を編み出す」; 「発明」 for inventing new products; 「考え出す」 for coming up with ideas in general. 「捻り出す」 stresses effortful scraping; 「考案」 and 「案出」 are written words for devising plans.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


