賑わす|にぎわすnigiwasu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to hit (the front page, headlines, etc.)
    政治学せいじがくとは何なんか。「セイジ」から、人々ひとびとは、まず、ジャーナリズムを賑にぎわす政治的せいじてき事件じけんを連想れんそうするでしょう。↗
    What is political science? From the "political," people will probably first associate it with the political incidents that enliven journalism.
  2. godan verb, transitive verbto make prosperous
Conjugation
Dictionary form賑わす(にぎわす)
Polite (masu)賑わします(にぎわします)
Negative (nai)賑わさない(にぎわさない)
polite (masen)賑わしません(にぎわしません)
classical zu / nu賑わさず・賑わさぬ(にぎわさず・にぎわさぬ)
Past (ta)賑わした(にぎわした)
polite (mashita)賑わしました(にぎわしました)
Past negative (nakatta)賑わさなかった(にぎわさなかった)
polite (masen deshita)賑わしませんでした(にぎわしませんでした)
Te form賑わして(にぎわして)
Potential賑わせる(にぎわせる)
Passive賑わされる(にぎわされる)
Causative賑わさせる(にぎわさせる)
Causative passive賑わさせられる(にぎわさせられる)
Conditional (ba)賑わせば(にぎわせば)
tara賑わしたら(にぎわしたら)
Volitional賑わそう(にぎわそう)
polite (mashou)賑わしましょう(にぎわしましょう)
Imperative賑わせ(にぎわせ)

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

Transitive / intransitive pair
transitive賑わすにぎわす⇄intransitive賑わうにぎわう
芸人げいにんが街まちを賑にぎわす
賑わう describes a place becoming bustling or lively by itself (街が賑わう), while 賑わす focuses on an agent actively bringing that liveliness (芸人が街を賑わす).

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Japanese definitions
  1. 賑にぎやかにする。
  2. 豊ゆたかにする。
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