運送|うんそうunsou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbtransport; freight; shipping; moving (goods)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 運送する（うんそうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 運送します（うんそうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 運送しない（うんそうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 運送しません（うんそうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 運送せず・運送せぬ（うんそうせず・うんそうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 運送した（うんそうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 運送しました（うんそうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 運送しなかった（うんそうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 運送しませんでした（うんそうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 運送して（うんそうして） |
| Potential | 運送できる（うんそうできる） |
| Passive | 運送される（うんそうされる） |
| Causative | 運送させる（うんそうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 運送させられる（うんそうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 運送すれば（うんそうすれば） |
| tara | 運送したら（うんそうしたら） |
| Volitional | 運送しよう（うんそうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 運送しましょう（うんそうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 運送しろ（うんそうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym輸送ゆそうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A noun for moving people or goods by vehicle — 「物資の輸送」. 運送 centers on the freight-shipping business, while 輸送 covers the transport itself.
- Synonym運輸うんゆWrittenWritten/formal prose. A noun for carrying passengers and freight, mostly at the administrative or industry level — 「運輸業」. 運送 is the more concrete moving of goods.
- Synonym運搬うんぱんNeutralNeutral. A noun for the act of carrying things to another place — 「荷物の運搬」. It stresses the physical hauling itself, where 運送 names the shipping service.
- Synonym搬送はんそうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A noun used both for taking a patient to hospital, as in 「救急搬送」, and for conveying goods from place to place.
- Synonym移送いそうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A noun for moving people or things from one place to another, also transferring a case to another court — legal and administrative use.
- Synonym運ぶはこぶNeutralNeutral. The everyday verb for carrying things, not limited to goods; it can also describe how something progresses — far broader than 運送.
- SynonymトランスポートNeutralNeutral. A loanword for transport, mostly in technical or professional contexts; rare in everyday speech, where 運送 or 運ぶ is the natural pick.
- SynonymトランスポーテーションWrittenWritten/formal prose. A loanword for transportation, rarely used in daily life and mostly seen in technical writing; 運送 is the everyday word.
- RelatedけいたいNeutralNeutral. Carrying something on your person, and by extension a mobile phone; the focus is having it on you, unlike the goods transport of 運送.
- Related携行けいこうWrittenWritten/formal prose. A noun for carrying items on one's person — 「携行品」; it leans formal and stays with personal gear, unlike 運送's freight.
- Related携えるたずさえるWrittenWritten/formal prose. A verb for carrying something in one's hand — 「土産を携える」. It has a literary flavor 運送 lacks.
- Related持っていくもっていくNeutralNeutral. A verb for taking something along with you; common in everyday speech, unlike the freight business of 運送.
- Related持ち運ぶもちはこぶNeutralNeutral. A verb for carrying something by hand, stressing portability — 「持ち運ぶ荷物」. 運送 is the commercial shipping of goods, not personal carrying.
- Related持ち運びもちはこびNeutralNeutral. The noun form of 持ち運ぶ, for carrying things around — 「持ち運びが楽」. Use it for portability, not for the freight business of 運送.
- Related通運つううんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A noun for forwarding freight to its destination — an old-fashioned commercial term you will rarely need instead of 運送.
For the business of shipping goods, use 「運送」 — 「運送会社」. 「輸送」 is the written word for moving people or goods by vehicle, 「運輸」 the industry and administrative term, 「運搬」 the act of hauling, and 「運ぶ」 the everyday verb. For carrying things by hand say 「持ち運ぶ」, and for taking something along, 「持っていく」. The loanwords トランスポート and トランスポーテーション are rare outside technical writing.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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