編み出す|あみだすamidasu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto think up; to think out; to work out; to come up with; to devise; to invent
    彼かれは新あたらしい方式ほうしきを編み出あみだした。↗
    He worked out a new formula.
  2. godan verb, transitive verbto knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.)
  3. 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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 新あたらしい考かんがえや方法ほうほうを工夫くふうして作り出つくりだす。
  2. セーターなどに模様もようを織り込おりこみながら作つくる。
  3. 毛糸けいとを針はりで引ひっかけて布ぬのを作つくり始はじめる。
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