草創|そうそうsousou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verbbeginning; inauguration
Conjugation
Dictionary form草創する(そうそうする)
Polite (masu)草創します(そうそうします)
Negative (nai)草創しない(そうそうしない)
polite (masen)草創しません(そうそうしません)
classical zu / nu草創せず・草創せぬ(そうそうせず・そうそうせぬ)
Past (ta)草創した(そうそうした)
polite (mashita)草創しました(そうそうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)草創しなかった(そうそうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)草創しませんでした(そうそうしませんでした)
Te form草創して(そうそうして)
Potential草創できる(そうそうできる)
Passive草創される(そうそうされる)
Causative草創させる(そうそうさせる)
Causative passive草創させられる(そうそうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)草創すれば(そうそうすれば)
tara草創したら(そうそうしたら)
Volitional草創しよう(そうそうしよう)
polite (mashou)草創しましょう(そうそうしましょう)
Imperative草創しろ(そうそうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym発足ほっそくNeutralFor a group or system formally starting to operate, as in 「新内閣の発足」; 「草創」 covers the early pioneering stage of an enterprise, often as 「草創期」.
  • Synonym創始そうしWrittenWritten/formal prose: first initiating something, or the origin of a thing; 「草創」 stresses the stage just after an enterprise is launched.
  • Synonym設立せつりつNeutralSetting up a new company, organization or institution, e.g. 「会社設立」; 「草創」 points to the early stage rather than the act of founding.
  • Synonym創立そうりつNeutralFounding a school or company, as in 「創立記念日」; stresses the act of founding itself, while 「草創」 is the early period that follows.
  • Synonym創設そうせつNeutralNewly creating a system, award or organization, stressing bringing it into being from nothing; 「草創」 stresses the early stage.
  • Related設置せっちNeutralSetting up or installing facilities and bodies, with weight on placing them; 「草創」 refers to the very start of an enterprise.
  • Related開設かいせつNeutralOpening a facility, account or the like and starting to run it; 「草創」 refers to the opening stage of an enterprise as a whole.
  • Antonym末期まっきNeutralAntonym: the final stage or last phase of something; the opposite of 「草創」's early founding stage.
  • Antonym終焉しゅうえんWrittenWritten/formal prose: an end or death, the close of life; stands opposite to 「草創」's sense of beginning something new.

Use 「草創」 for the founding period of an enterprise or temple, usually as 「草創期」 (「草創期のメンバー」). For a group's formal launch say 「発足」 or 「創立」; for setting up a company, 「設立」. Antonyms: 「末期」 and 「終焉」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 事業じぎょうやものごとなどの始はじめ。創始そうし。創業そうぎょう。くさわけ。
  2. 寺社じしゃをはじめて建立こんりゅうすること。
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