設定|せっていsettei[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbestablishment; creation; posing (a problem); setting (movie, novel, etc.); scene
   設定せってい料金りょうきんに労務ろうむ費用ひようは含ふくみません。↗

   The stated price does not include labor charges.
2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, computingoptions setting; preference settings; configuration; setup
   鍵かぎのいらない暗証あんしょうタイプには、お好すきな番号ばんごうを設定せっていできるフリーダイヤル式しきと、あらかじめ番号ばんごうが設定せってい済ずみの固定こてい式しきとがあります。↗

   For code-type locks that don't need a key, there are 'free dial' systems where you can set any number you like, and fixed types where the number is set in advance.

• 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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1. 物事ものごとを新あらたに設もうけ定さだめること。
2. 新あらたに法律ほうりつ関係かんけいを生しょうじさせること。
3. 状況じょうきょうや場面ばめんの詳細しょうさいを必要ひつように応おうじ仮定かていしておくこと。その内容ないよう。想定そうてい。
4. 自分じぶんの好このみや必要性ひつようせいに合あうよう、機器きき類るいなどの機能きのうや属性ぞくせいの細部さいぶを選択せんたく・調整ちょうせいすること。その内容ないよう。