観賞|かんしょうkanshou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbadmiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)
    手前てまえのガラス張ばりの建物たてものは薔薇ばら園えんなんです。温室おんしつになっていて、いつも薔薇ばらを観賞かんしょうできるようになってるんですよ。↗
    The glass fronted building before you is the rose garden. It's a greenhouse so you will always be able to appreciate the roses.
Conjugation
Dictionary form観賞する(かんしょうする)
Polite (masu)観賞します(かんしょうします)
Negative (nai)観賞しない(かんしょうしない)
polite (masen)観賞しません(かんしょうしません)
classical zu / nu観賞せず・観賞せぬ(かんしょうせず・かんしょうせぬ)
Past (ta)観賞した(かんしょうした)
polite (mashita)観賞しました(かんしょうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)観賞しなかった(かんしょうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)観賞しませんでした(かんしょうしませんでした)
Te form観賞して(かんしょうして)
Potential観賞できる(かんしょうできる)
Passive観賞される(かんしょうされる)
Causative観賞させる(かんしょうさせる)
Causative passive観賞させられる(かんしょうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)観賞すれば(かんしょうすれば)
tara観賞したら(かんしょうしたら)
Volitional観賞しよう(かんしょうしよう)
polite (mashou)観賞しましょう(かんしょうしましょう)
Imperative観賞しろ(かんしょうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym賞玩しょうがんWrittenWritten register: treasuring and savoring paintings, calligraphy and objects, or food; 「観賞」 is about viewing beautiful things like flowers and fish with the eyes.
  • Synonym賞美しょうびWrittenWritten but rare: praising and admiring something for its beauty; not limited to looking, unlike 「観賞」.
  • Synonym愛でるめでるWrittenA verb with an archaic, literary feel: to cherish and dote on something beautiful with deep affection, as in 「花を愛でる」.
  • Related見とれるみとれるNeutralNeutral and common in speech: to be so captivated by what you see that you gaze on entranced; 「観賞」 is deliberate viewing.

Use 「観賞」 for viewing beautiful things like flowers or fish with the eyes, as in 「観賞植物」「観賞魚」. For treasuring and savoring objects or food in writing, 「賞玩」; to praise beauty, 「賞美」; an archaic, affectionate verb is 「愛でる」; being entranced is 「見とれる」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 物ものの美うつくしさや趣おもむきを味わい楽あじわいたのしむこと。
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