航行|こうこうkoukou[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbcruise; navigation; sailing
    そのヨットはブイを回まわって航行こうこうした。↗
    The yacht sailed round a buoy.
Conjugation
Dictionary form航行する(こうこうする)
Polite (masu)航行します(こうこうします)
Negative (nai)航行しない(こうこうしない)
polite (masen)航行しません(こうこうしません)
classical zu / nu航行せず・航行せぬ(こうこうせず・こうこうせぬ)
Past (ta)航行した(こうこうした)
polite (mashita)航行しました(こうこうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)航行しなかった(こうこうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)航行しませんでした(こうこうしませんでした)
Te form航行して(こうこうして)
Potential航行できる(こうこうできる)
Passive航行される(こうこうされる)
Causative航行させる(こうこうさせる)
Causative passive航行させられる(こうこうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)航行すれば(こうこうすれば)
tara航行したら(こうこうしたら)
Volitional航行しよう(こうこうしよう)
polite (mashou)航行しましょう(こうこうしましょう)
Imperative航行しろ(こうこうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym航海こうかいWrittenWritten register. Specifically ships sailing at sea; 「航行」 also covers aircraft and stresses moving along a route.
  • Synonym通航つうこうWrittenWritten register. Ships passing through a given body of water, as in 「通航禁止」; 「航行」 is navigation in general.
  • Synonym航するこうするWrittenWritten register. A verb for travelling by ship or plane; 「航行」 is a noun and the more common word.
  • Related船旅ふなたびNeutralA boat trip, with a leisurely feel; 「航行」 is the objective act of navigating.
  • Related渡航とこうFormalFormal. Crossing the sea by ship or plane to reach another place; 「航行」 centres on the act of navigating itself.
  • Antonym停泊ていはくFormalFormal. A ship dropping anchor and staying put; contrasts with 「航行」 as stopping versus moving.
  • Antonym停船ていせんNeutralA ship under way stopping, or being ordered to stop; the opposite of 「航行」.

Use 「航行」 for ships or aircraft moving along a route, as in 「航行中」 and 「自動航行」. For sailing at sea pick 「航海」, for passing through a body of water 「通航」, for crossing the sea to go somewhere 「渡航」; the opposite is 「停泊」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 船ふねや航空機こうくうきが航路こうろを進すすむこと。
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