美化|びかbika[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbbeautification; cleaning up; tidiying
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbglorification; idealization; romanticizing
Conjugation
Dictionary form美化する(びかする)
Polite (masu)美化します(びかします)
Negative (nai)美化しない(びかしない)
polite (masen)美化しません(びかしません)
classical zu / nu美化せず・美化せぬ(びかせず・びかせぬ)
Past (ta)美化した(びかした)
polite (mashita)美化しました(びかしました)
Past negative (nakatta)美化しなかった(びかしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)美化しませんでした(びかしませんでした)
Te form美化して(びかして)
Potential美化できる(びかできる)
Passive美化される(びかされる)
Causative美化させる(びかさせる)
Causative passive美化させられる(びかさせられる)
Conditional (ba)美化すれば(びかすれば)
tara美化したら(びかしたら)
Volitional美化しよう(びかしよう)
polite (mashou)美化しましょう(びかしましょう)
Imperative美化しろ(びかしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related装飾そうしょくNeutralFor decorating things or ornaments; 「美化」 is about making something beautiful overall, and can also mean making facts look better than they are.
  • Related彩るいろどるNeutralTo colour or add touches of colour, often with a literary feel; 「美化」 leans toward making a whole scene beautiful or dressing up the truth.
  • Related粉飾ふんしょくWrittenFormal, written-style word for whitewashing and covering up, as in 「粉飾決算」; it is derogatory, while 「美化」 can be either positive or negative.
  • Related化粧けしょうNeutralMake-up, and figuratively outward dressing-up; 「美化」 is used more for environments and for facts.
  • Related飾るかざるNeutralThe most general verb for decorating or displaying things; 「美化」 is a Sino-Japanese, written-flavoured word used mostly for environments and memories.
  • Related飾り付けるかざりつけるNeutralTo set up decorations, e.g. for a festival; 「美化」 is not limited to arranging decorations.
  • Related修飾しゅうしょくWrittenFormal, written-style word for decoration; in grammar it means modification, a use 「美化」 never has.
  • Related理想化りそうかNeutralImagining something as better than it really is; 「美化」 also covers making an actual environment more beautiful.
  • Antonym醜化NeutralTo make someone or something look ugly; the direct opposite of 「美化」.

To decorate something, say 「飾る」 or 「装飾」. Use 「美化」 when an environment becomes more beautiful, as in 「美化運動」, or when the past is made to sound better than it was; for covering up problems, 「粉飾」 is the word.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 美うつくしくすること。
  2. 実態じったいを偽いつわって、美うつくしく見みせること。根拠こんきょも無なく良よく言いうこと。
  3. 美うつくしくする。
  4. 実態じったいを偽いつわって、美うつくしく見みせる。根拠こんきょも無なく良よく言ゆう。
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