解体|かいたいkaitai[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbdemolition; taking down; dismantling; disassembly; taking apart
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbdissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up
  3. noun, suru verb, transitive verbdissection (of a body); dismemberment
Conjugation
Dictionary form解体する(かいたいする)
Polite (masu)解体します(かいたいします)
Negative (nai)解体しない(かいたいしない)
polite (masen)解体しません(かいたいしません)
classical zu / nu解体せず・解体せぬ(かいたいせず・かいたいせぬ)
Past (ta)解体した(かいたいした)
polite (mashita)解体しました(かいたいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)解体しなかった(かいたいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)解体しませんでした(かいたいしませんでした)
Te form解体して(かいたいして)
Potential解体できる(かいたいできる)
Passive解体される(かいたいされる)
Causative解体させる(かいたいさせる)
Causative passive解体させられる(かいたいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)解体すれば(かいたいすれば)
tara解体したら(かいたいしたら)
Volitional解体しよう(かいたいしよう)
polite (mashou)解体しましょう(かいたいしましょう)
Imperative解体しろ(かいたいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym取り壊すとりこわすNeutralFor tearing down buildings, as in 「古い家を取り壊す」; leans toward pulling a house down, while 「解体」 also covers dissolving organizations and dismembering animals.
  • Synonym取り壊しとりこわしNeutralA noun for demolition work, as in 「取り壊し工事」; its object is mainly buildings, unlike the broader 「解体」.
  • Synonym取り崩すとりくずすNeutralFor demolishing bit by bit, or drawing on savings, as in 「貯金を取り崩す」; stresses gradual depletion rather than a single demolition.
  • Synonym分解ぶんかいNeutralFor disassembly into components, as in 「機械を分解する」; leans toward taking things into parts that can be put back together.
  • Related破壊はかいNeutralGeneral destruction, as in 「環境破壊」; leans toward wrecking or damaging, while 「解体」 suggests planned, orderly taking apart.
  • Related崩すくずすNeutralFor breaking something down or upsetting it, as in 「体調を崩す」「山を崩す」; stresses losing its original shape rather than planned dismantling.
  • Relatedぶち壊すぶちこわすCasualColloquial for smashing things up or ruining something, as in 「計画をぶち壊す」; carries a rough, violent feel absent from 「解体」.
  • Related打ち壊すうちこわすCasualThe same word as the entry above, written 「打ち壊す」; smashing and wrecking with a violent nuance — cruder than 「解体」.
  • Related打ち壊しうちこわしWrittenA written-style noun for smashing things up, or the Edo-period riots over rice prices; today mostly a historical term.
  • Relatedぶち壊しぶちこわしCasualColloquial noun for wrecking or spoiling something, as in 「雰囲気がぶち壊しだ」; leans toward an atmosphere being ruined.
  • Antonym組み立てくみたてNeutralAssembly — the opposite of 「解体」 when machines or structures are taken apart.
  • Antonym建設けんせつNeutralBuilding houses and facilities, or establishing organizations; the opposite of 「解体」 in its demolition sense.
  • Antonym構築こうちくWrittenWritten-style word for building or constructing, as in 「関係を構築する」; the opposite of 「解体」 in its sense of dissolving and breaking up.

Use 「解体」 for demolishing buildings, dismantling machines, or dissolving organizations, as in 「ビルの解体工事」 and 「財閥解体」. To pull a house down say 「取り壊す」; to take something into parts say 「分解」. The opposites are 「組み立て」 and 「建設」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 建築物けんちくぶつなどを分解ぶんかいすること。
  2. 組織そしきなどが結束けっそくを失うしなってばらばらになること。また組織そしきなどをばらばらにして解消かいしょうすること。
  3. 肉にくなどを取り出とりだすために動物どうぶつなどをきりわけること。
  4. 解剖かいぼう。
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