課税|かぜいkazei[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbtaxation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 課税する（かぜいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 課税します（かぜいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 課税しない（かぜいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 課税しません（かぜいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 課税せず・課税せぬ（かぜいせず・かぜいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 課税した（かぜいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 課税しました（かぜいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 課税しなかった（かぜいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 課税しませんでした（かぜいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 課税して（かぜいして） |
| Potential | 課税できる（かぜいできる） |
| Passive | 課税される（かぜいされる） |
| Causative | 課税させる（かぜいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 課税させられる（かぜいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 課税すれば（かぜいすれば） |
| tara | 課税したら（かぜいしたら） |
| Volitional | 課税しよう（かぜいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 課税しましょう（かぜいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 課税しろ（かぜいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym賦課ふかWrittenWritten/formal administrative term for levying taxes or charges, as in 「賦課金」; unlike 課税, it can cover fees too.
- Related租税そぜいWrittenWritten/formal collective term for the taxes a state collects, with a legal or academic flavor; 「課税」 centers on the act of imposing tax.
- Related徴税ちょうぜいWrittenWritten/formal term for collecting taxes; it focuses on the collection stage, while 課税 focuses on making tax payment obligatory.
- Related税金ぜいきんNeutralNeutral everyday word for the tax money you actually pay; 「課税」 primarily denotes the act of imposing tax.
- Related公租こうそWrittenWritten/formal collective term for taxes imposed by national and local governments; today it mostly appears in the set phrase 「公租公課」.
- Related税ぜいNeutralThe neutral, everyday word for tax, often a suffix as in 「消費税」; 「課税」 chiefly refers to the act of levying it.
- Related公課こうかWrittenWritten/formal term for public charges other than taxes, such as fees and levies; mostly seen in 「公租公課」.
- Related収税しゅうぜいWrittenWritten/formal word for collecting taxes; rare in modern Japanese, where 「徴税」 is the usual choice.
- Related賦税ふぜいWrittenWritten/formal word for taxes or levies; hardly used today — say 「税」 or 「租税」 instead.
- Antonym免税めんぜいNeutralNeutral antonym: taxes are exempted or waived, as in 「免税店」; the opposite of 課税.
- Antonym非課税ひかぜいWrittenWritten/formal antonym: no tax is imposed, as in 「非課税所得」; the direct opposite of 課税.
Use 「課税」 for the act of making tax payment obligatory. For the taxes themselves say 「税」 or, in speech, 「税金」; for the collective, legal term 「租税」. 「徴税」 covers the collection stage, 「賦課」 the levying of taxes and charges. 「非課税」 means no tax is imposed and 「免税」 exemption; 「公租」「公課」 survive in 「公租公課」, while 「収税」「賦税」 are dated.
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