草案|そうあんsouan[0]heiban (flat)

1. noundraft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
   草案そうあんを添付てんぷします。↗

   Attached is the draft compilation.

• Synonym草稿そうこうWrittenWritten. A draft of a piece of writing or speech; 「草案」 is the first draft of a formal document such as a bill or treaty, awaiting deliberation.
• Synonym原案げんあんNeutralThe original plan or bill serving as the basis, as in 「政府原案」; 「草案」 stresses a first draft still awaiting deliberation and refinement.
• Synonym素案そあんNeutralA rough preliminary plan at an earlier stage than 「草案」, as in 「素案を示す」.
• Synonym下書きしたがきNeutralThe everyday word for a rough draft, as in 「下書きを書く」; 「草案」 is for formal documents awaiting deliberation.
• Synonym原稿げんこうNeutralA manuscript or copy, as in 「原稿用紙」; 「草案」 is the first draft of a bill, treaty or similar formal document.
• Synonym稿こうWrittenWritten. A manuscript or version, mostly a suffix as in 「第二稿」; 「草案」 is a standalone word for formal drafts.
• Synonym文案ぶんあんWrittenWritten. A draft of a document, also advertising copy; 「草案」 is the first draft of a formal document.
• Synonym案文あんぶんWrittenWritten. The draft text of a proposal; 「草案」 stresses a bill or treaty awaiting deliberation.
• Related起草きそうWrittenWritten. The act of drafting, as in 「憲法を起草」; 「草案」 is the draft document that results.
• Related下書げしょWrittenWritten and rare: a rough draft or base copy. In everyday speech use 「下書き」; 「草案」 is for formal documents.
• Related起稿きこうWrittenWritten. The act of beginning to draft; 「草案」 is the first-draft document itself.
• Related稿本こうほんWrittenWritten. An author's manuscript before printing; 「草案」 is the first draft of a formal document such as a bill or treaty.
• Related手稿しゅこうWrittenWritten. A handwritten manuscript, as in 「ダ・ヴィンチの手稿」; 「草案」 is a formal document's first draft.
• Antonym決定稿けっていこうNeutralAntonym on the draft-to-final axis: the finalized manuscript, where 「草案」 is still a first draft.
• Antonym最終案さいしゅうあんNeutralAntonym on the draft-to-final axis: the final, settled plan or proposal, where 「草案」 is still a first draft.

Use 「草案」 for the first draft of a formal document awaiting deliberation, as in 「憲法草案」. For a rougher, earlier plan pick 「素案」; for the original plan that serves as the basis, 「原案」. For everyday drafts say 「下書き」, and for manuscripts 「原稿」. The opposites are 「最終案」 and 「決定稿」.

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1. （文語ぶんご）案文あんぶんの段階だんかいにある文書ぶんしょのこと。作成さくせいした者もの以外いがいの者ものによる検討けんとうが求もとめられているもの。