行使|こうしkoushi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbuse; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
    Nixon tried to stonewall through Watergate by ignoring it, but it didn't work.
Conjugation
Dictionary form行使する(こうしする)
Polite (masu)行使します(こうしします)
Negative (nai)行使しない(こうししない)
polite (masen)行使しません(こうししません)
classical zu / nu行使せず・行使せぬ(こうしせず・こうしせぬ)
Past (ta)行使した(こうしした)
polite (mashita)行使しました(こうししました)
Past negative (nakatta)行使しなかった(こうししなかった)
polite (masen deshita)行使しませんでした(こうししませんでした)
Te form行使して(こうしして)
Potential行使できる(こうしできる)
Passive行使される(こうしされる)
Causative行使させる(こうしさせる)
Causative passive行使させられる(こうしさせられる)
Conditional (ba)行使すれば(こうしすれば)
tara行使したら(こうししたら)
Volitional行使しよう(こうししよう)
polite (mashou)行使しましょう(こうししましょう)
Imperative行使しろ(こうししろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym使うつかうNeutralEveryday verb for using tools, methods, time or money; the most common of these. 「行使」 is limited to rights, power and force, though law also uses it for forged documents.
  • Synonym使用しようWrittenWritten, rather formal word for using things and facilities; for rights one normally says 「行使」.
  • Synonym利用りようNeutralNeutral word for using facilities and services, with the nuance of taking advantage of their convenience.
  • Synonym用いるもちいるWrittenWritten verb meaning to adopt or use something; unlike 「行使」 it is not specifically about rights.
  • Related運用うんようWrittenWritten word for running or managing funds and systems, with an emphasis on flexible operation.
  • Antonym放棄ほうきWrittenWritten word for giving up or waiving a right, the opposite of 「行使」, as in 「権利を放棄する」.

Use 「行使」 for exercising rights, power or force, as in 「権利を行使する」 and 「武力行使」. For general use say 「使う」 or 「使用」, for facilities 「利用」, for managing funds 「運用」; to give up a right, use 「放棄」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 権利けんり・権力けんりょく等とうを使用しようすること。
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