試用|しようshiyou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbtrial; trying out; giving (something) a trial
Conjugation
Dictionary form試用する(しようする)
Polite (masu)試用します(しようします)
Negative (nai)試用しない(しようしない)
polite (masen)試用しません(しようしません)
classical zu / nu試用せず・試用せぬ(しようせず・しようせぬ)
Past (ta)試用した(しようした)
polite (mashita)試用しました(しようしました)
Past negative (nakatta)試用しなかった(しようしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)試用しませんでした(しようしませんでした)
Te form試用して(しようして)
Potential試用できる(しようできる)
Passive試用される(しようされる)
Causative試用させる(しようさせる)
Causative passive試用させられる(しようさせられる)
Conditional (ba)試用すれば(しようすれば)
tara試用したら(しようしたら)
Volitional試用しよう(しようしよう)
polite (mashou)試用しましょう(しようしましょう)
Imperative試用しろ(しようしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymテストNeutralNeutral loanword; broader than 「試用」, covering exams and tests of ability, knowledge or performance; not limited to trying something out.
  • SynonymトライアルNeutralNeutral loanword; a trial or preliminary round, often for trying out a product or in sports events.
  • Related試行しこうWrittenWritten/formal prose; trying out a method or measure, as in 「試行錯誤」; not specifically about trying out an item.
  • Related試みこころみWrittenWritten/formal prose; an attempt, a single new effort at something; not specifically about trying an item out for use.
  • Related小手調べこてしらべCasualColloquial; a warm-up or light test of one's skill before the real thing; 「試用」 is about trying an item out.
  • Antonym本採用ほんさいようFormalFormal; permanent employment after the trial period ends, the opposite of 「試用」.

Use 「試用」 for trying something out, as in 「試用期間」 or 「試用版」. 「試行」 is for trying out a measure, 「テスト」 for testing ability or performance. 「試み」 is an attempt, 「トライアル」 a product or sports trial, 「小手調べ」 a warm-up; 「本採用」 is the opposite: permanent hiring.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 試ためしに用もちいること。
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