草創|そうそうsousou[0]heiban (flat)
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- 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.
- 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


