追放|ついほうtsuihou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbexile; banishment; eviction; deportation; purge; expulsion; ousting
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbelimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 追放する（ついほうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 追放します（ついほうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 追放しない（ついほうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 追放しません（ついほうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 追放せず・追放せぬ（ついほうせず・ついほうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 追放した（ついほうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 追放しました（ついほうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 追放しなかった（ついほうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 追放しませんでした（ついほうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 追放して（ついほうして） |
| Potential | 追放できる（ついほうできる） |
| Passive | 追放される（ついほうされる） |
| Causative | 追放させる（ついほうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 追放させられる（ついほうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 追放すれば（ついほうすれば） |
| tara | 追放したら（ついほうしたら） |
| Volitional | 追放しよう（ついほうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 追放しましょう（ついほうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 追放しろ（ついほうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym放逐ほうちくWrittenWritten noun for banishing or ousting someone, with a historical flavour; 「追放」 is the word you will usually see for clearing out social ills, as in 「暴力追放」.
- Synonym追い出すおいだすNeutralNeutral verb, the everyday default for driving someone out, as in 「部屋から追い出す」; 「追放」 is more formal and usually implies official punishment.
- Synonym追い立ておいたてNeutralNeutral noun for hounding people or animals out of a place, e.g. a landlord forcing tenants to move; 「追放」 covers expulsion from groups or eliminating harmful things.
- Related追い払うおいはらうNeutralNeutral verb for driving off or scattering what is in front of you, as in 「蚊を追い払う」; 「追放」 means expelling from an organization or region.
- Related村八分むらはちぶNeutralNeutral noun for collective ostracism, from Edo-period village rules; the person is shunned but not necessarily driven out, unlike with 「追放」.
- Related除籍じょせきWrittenWritten, administrative term for striking a name off a school or family register; 「追放」 is broader, covering expulsion from a country or industry.
- Related押っ放り出すおっぽりだすCasualColloquial and rough: hurling something out or kicking someone out of a job, or abandoning it altogether; 「追放」 is formal expulsion.
- Related叩き出すたたきだすCasualRough, violent verb for driving someone out by force, as in 「家から叩き出す」; 「追放」 is a more formal penalty.
- RelatedおんだすCasualColloquial word for driving someone out, rougher and more casual than 「追い出す」; in formal contexts use 「追放」 or 「追い出す」.
- Relatedほっぽり出すほっぽりだすCasualColloquial: throwing something out, firing someone, or abandoning a task like 「仕事をほっぽり出す」; not used for formal expulsion.
- Antonym帰還きかんWrittenWritten noun for returning home or being repatriated; the opposite of being banished, as with 「追放」.
- Antonym召還しょうかんWrittenWritten noun for recalling an envoy or ambassador home; the opposite of sending someone away, as 「追放」 does.
Use 「追放」 for expelling from a country or organization or eliminating harmful things, as in 「国外追放」「暴力追放」. Day to day, 「追い出す」 drives someone out, 「追い払う」 chases off, 「除籍」 removes names from school registers, 「村八分」 is ostracism; 「帰還」 is returning home.
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