虐待|ぎゃくたいgyakutai[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveabuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 虐待する（ぎゃくたいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 虐待します（ぎゃくたいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 虐待しない（ぎゃくたいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 虐待しません（ぎゃくたいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 虐待せず・虐待せぬ（ぎゃくたいせず・ぎゃくたいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 虐待した（ぎゃくたいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 虐待しました（ぎゃくたいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 虐待しなかった（ぎゃくたいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 虐待しませんでした（ぎゃくたいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 虐待して（ぎゃくたいして） |
| Potential | 虐待できる（ぎゃくたいできる） |
| Passive | 虐待される（ぎゃくたいされる） |
| Causative | 虐待させる（ぎゃくたいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 虐待させられる（ぎゃくたいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 虐待すれば（ぎゃくたいすれば） |
| tara | 虐待したら（ぎゃくたいしたら） |
| Volitional | 虐待しよう（ぎゃくたいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 虐待しましょう（ぎゃくたいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 虐待しろ（ぎゃくたいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- SynonymいじめるNeutralFor bullying or picking on someone, as in school bullying; 虐待 suggests prolonged violence against someone in one's care.
- Related暴虐ぼうぎゃくWrittenWritten/formal: tyranny or atrocity, typically describing a tyrant; 虐待 suggests prolonged abuse of the weak.
- Related虐げるしいたげるWrittenWritten/formal: to oppress or persecute the weak; 虐待 is a noun.
- RelatedいびるCasualColloquial: to pick on or taunt someone, e.g. a mother-in-law hounding her daughter-in-law; 虐待 is more severe.
- Related責め苛むせめさいなむWrittenWritten/formal: to torment someone relentlessly; 虐待 centers on violence against those under one's care.
- Related苛むさいなむWrittenWritten/formal: to torment or cause anguish, as in 「良心に苛まれる」; 虐待 focuses on the act of violence itself.
- Related小突き回すこづきまわすCasualColloquial: to bully by shoving someone around; 虐待 is more serious and goes on over a long period.
- Related虐遇ぎゃくぐうWrittenWritten/formal word for ill-treatment; 虐待 is the more common choice.
- Related酷遇こくぐうWrittenWritten/formal word for cold, harsh treatment; 虐待 is the more common choice.
- Antonym保護ほごNeutralProtection and care; the direct opposite of 虐待.
- Antonym擁護ようごWrittenWritten/formal: to defend, support or shield someone; the opposite of 虐待.
Use 「虐待」 for prolonged abuse of children, the elderly or animals in one's care, as in 「児童虐待」. For bullying use 「苛める」, for picking on someone 「いびる」, for torment 「苛む」, for oppression 「虐げる」; the opposite is 「保護」.
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