設定|せっていsettei[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbestablishment; creation; posing (a problem); setting (movie, novel, etc.); scene
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, computingoptions setting; preference settings; configuration; setup
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 設定する(せっていする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 設定します(せっていします) |
| Negative (nai) | 設定しない(せっていしない) |
| polite (masen) | 設定しません(せっていしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 設定せず・設定せぬ(せっていせず・せっていせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 設定した(せっていした) |
| polite (mashita) | 設定しました(せっていしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 設定しなかった(せっていしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 設定しませんでした(せっていしませんでした) |
| Te form | 設定して(せっていして) |
| Potential | 設定できる(せっていできる) |
| Passive | 設定される(せっていされる) |
| Causative | 設定させる(せっていさせる) |
| Causative passive | 設定させられる(せっていさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 設定すれば(せっていすれば) |
| tara | 設定したら(せっていしたら) |
| Volitional | 設定しよう(せっていしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 設定しましょう(せっていしましょう) |
| Imperative | 設定しろ(せっていしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym設けるもうけるNeutralA native Japanese verb for setting up or providing something, as in 「席を設ける」「規則を設ける」 — seats, rules. Not for adjusting settings.
- SynonymセットNeutralA loanword common in speech for getting something ready, as in 「目覚ましをセットする」. The colloquial counterpart to 設定 for devices.
- Synonym制定せいていWrittenWritten word for enacting laws and rules. It is reserved for legislation and formal rule-making, not for general settings.
- Related設置せっちNeutralFor installing equipment or setting up an organization, as in 「委員会を設置する」. It covers concrete facilities and bodies, not values or story backgrounds.
- Related確立かくりつWrittenWritten style for firmly establishing something so it takes hold, as in 「地位を確立する」. The nuance is something settling solidly, not adjusting a setting.
- Related樹立じゅりつWrittenWritten style for solidly setting up achievements, as in 「新記録を樹立」 — records, regimes. Not used for device or story settings.
- Related創設そうせつWrittenWritten style for founding an organization or system, with the nuance of creating it for the first time. Not for adjusting values or settings.
- Related開設かいせつNeutralFor opening services that start running, as in 「口座開設」 — accounts, counters. Not for configuring values or a story's setting.
- Related新設しんせつWrittenWritten style for newly setting up a school, department, or similar. The nuance is adding something new, not adjusting existing settings.
- Related打ち立てるうちたてるWrittenWritten verb for firmly establishing something, as in 「新記録を打ち立てる」. It stresses building an achievement, not adjusting a setting.
- Related定めるさだめるWrittenWritten verb for stipulating or fixing something, as in 「法律で定める」. It leans toward rules and provisions, whereas 「設定」 is the usual word for values and backgrounds.
- Related築き上げるきずきあげるWrittenWritten verb for building something up little by little, as in 「信頼を築き上げる」. The nuance is gradual accumulation, not adjusting a setting.
- Antonym解除かいじょNeutralThe antonym: cancelling or undoing what was set, as in 「ロック解除」. Where 設定 puts something in place, 解除 removes it.
「設定」 is for conditions, values, or a story's background, as in 「パスワードを設定する」「物語の設定」. Install equipment or set up a body with 「設置」; in casual speech 「セット」 works. For founding: 「開設」 opens services, 「創設」/「新設」 start organizations, 「確立」/「樹立」/「打ち立てる」 firmly establish, 「築き上げる」 builds up over time; 「定める」 leans toward rules and 「制定」 enacts laws. The opposite is 「解除」.
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