遠征|えんせいensei[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verb(military) expedition; campaign
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbexpedition (for exploration, research, etc.); travelling (a long way); tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
    私わたしたちは遠征えんせい試合しあいでほとんど負まけてしまった。↗
    We lost almost all our away games.
    彼かれはエベレスト登頂とうちょうの遠征隊えんせいたいの一員いちいんであった。↗
    He was a member of the expedition which climbed Mount Everest.
Conjugation
Dictionary form遠征する(えんせいする)
Polite (masu)遠征します(えんせいします)
Negative (nai)遠征しない(えんせいしない)
polite (masen)遠征しません(えんせいしません)
classical zu / nu遠征せず・遠征せぬ(えんせいせず・えんせいせぬ)
Past (ta)遠征した(えんせいした)
polite (mashita)遠征しました(えんせいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)遠征しなかった(えんせいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)遠征しませんでした(えんせいしませんでした)
Te form遠征して(えんせいして)
Potential遠征できる(えんせいできる)
Passive遠征される(えんせいされる)
Causative遠征させる(えんせいさせる)
Causative passive遠征させられる(えんせいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)遠征すれば(えんせいすれば)
tara遠征したら(えんせいしたら)
Volitional遠征しよう(えんせいしよう)
polite (mashou)遠征しましょう(えんせいしましょう)
Imperative遠征しろ(えんせいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related征戦せいせんFormalFormal, and purely military: marching out to attack and fight the enemy. 「遠征」 is broader, also covering sports or climbing teams travelling far afield, as in 「海外遠征」.
  • Antonym帰還きかんWrittenWritten prose for coming back from a distant place; the counterpart of the outward journey that a 「遠征」 describes.
  • Antonym帰陣きじんFormalFormal: returning from the battlefield to one's own camp. It stands opposite to 「遠征」 in its sense of marching out to war.

Use 「遠征」 for travelling far for matches, research or a campaign, e.g. 「海外遠征」. In formal prose, going out to fight is 「征戦」; the return is 「帰還」 (written) or 「帰陣」 (back from the battlefield).

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Japanese definitions
  1. 遠国えんごくを征伐せいばつすること。
  2. (1から転てんじて)試合しあいや調査ちょうさ、研究けんきゅう、探検たんけんのために遠方えんぽうに行いくこと。
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