繁殖・蕃殖|はんしょくhanshoku[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbreeding; propagation; reproduction; multiplication; increase
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 繁殖する(はんしょくする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 繁殖します(はんしょくします) |
| Negative (nai) | 繁殖しない(はんしょくしない) |
| polite (masen) | 繁殖しません(はんしょくしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 繁殖せず・繁殖せぬ(はんしょくせず・はんしょくせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 繁殖した(はんしょくした) |
| polite (mashita) | 繁殖しました(はんしょくしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 繁殖しなかった(はんしょくしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 繁殖しませんでした(はんしょくしませんでした) |
| Te form | 繁殖して(はんしょくして) |
| Potential | 繁殖できる(はんしょくできる) |
| Passive | 繁殖される(はんしょくされる) |
| Causative | 繁殖させる(はんしょくさせる) |
| Causative passive | 繁殖させられる(はんしょくさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 繁殖すれば(はんしょくすれば) |
| tara | 繁殖したら(はんしょくしたら) |
| Volitional | 繁殖しよう(はんしょくしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 繁殖しましょう(はんしょくしましょう) |
| Imperative | 繁殖しろ(はんしょくしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym増殖ぞうしょくWrittenWritten word for proliferation — cells, tissues or individuals multiplying, naturally or artificially, as in 「細胞の増殖」; 「繁殖」 centers on organisms producing offspring.
- Synonym生殖せいしょくWrittenWritten biological term for producing new individuals to carry on the species, as in 「有性生殖」; 「繁殖」 stresses multiplying in number.
- Related増えるふえるNeutralEveryday verb for numbers or amounts simply growing; the most common choice, and not limited to living things.
- Related増やすふやすNeutralTransitive verb for bringing about an increase, as in 「財産を増やす」, often by deliberate effort; the focus is on someone or something causing the growth.
- Related増加ぞうかWrittenWritten noun for an increase in quantity, as in 「人口増加」; leans formal.
- Related増大ぞうだいWrittenWritten noun for expansion in scale or size rather than mere count, as in 「需要の増大」.
- Related増すますNeutralVerb for increasing or intensifying, as in 「勢いが増す」; unlike 「繁殖」 it is not tied to organisms breeding.
- Antonym減少げんしょうWrittenAntonym: written noun for a decrease, the opposite of the growth 「繁殖」 describes.
「繁殖」 is for living things breeding and multiplying, as in 「繁殖期」. Use 「増殖」 for cell proliferation, 「生殖」 for biological reproduction, 「増える」/「増やす」 for everyday increases, 「増加」/「増大」 in formal prose, 「減少」 for decreases.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


