配属|はいぞくhaizoku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbassignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
    営業マンえいぎょうまんだって、リストラ予備軍よびぐんに配属はいぞくされないように必死ひっしな訳わけです。↗
    After all, even salesmen are desperate to avoid being targeted for downsizing.
Conjugation
Dictionary form配属する(はいぞくする)
Polite (masu)配属します(はいぞくします)
Negative (nai)配属しない(はいぞくしない)
polite (masen)配属しません(はいぞくしません)
classical zu / nu配属せず・配属せぬ(はいぞくせず・はいぞくせぬ)
Past (ta)配属した(はいぞくした)
polite (mashita)配属しました(はいぞくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)配属しなかった(はいぞくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)配属しませんでした(はいぞくしませんでした)
Te form配属して(はいぞくして)
Potential配属できる(はいぞくできる)
Passive配属される(はいぞくされる)
Causative配属させる(はいぞくさせる)
Causative passive配属させられる(はいぞくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)配属すれば(はいぞくすれば)
tara配属したら(はいぞくしたら)
Volitional配属しよう(はいぞくしよう)
polite (mashou)配属しましょう(はいぞくしましょう)
Imperative配属しろ(はいぞくしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym割り振るわりふるNeutralDivides work, roles, etc. among several people; 「配属」 means placing a person into an organization they then belong to.
  • Synonym充てるあてるWrittenWritten/formal: sets aside money, time, or people for a purpose, as in 「〜に充てる」; 「配属」 is only about personnel placement.
  • Related異動いどうNeutralPersonnel transfer, moving to another department or post; related to 「配属」 rather than a strict opposite, since a transfer ends in a new assignment.
  • Related任命にんめいWrittenWritten/formal: appointing someone to a post, as in 「大臣に任命」; 「配属」 is about which department a person is placed in.
  • Related割り当てるわりあてるNeutralThe most general term for dividing shares or tasks among people; 「配属」 is specifically for placing personnel in an organization.
  • Related転属てんぞくWrittenWritten/formal: moving from one's original department to another; related to 「配属」, as the transferee is then assigned to the new unit.
  • Related割り付けるわりつけるNeutralFor allotting or laying out pages, space, or tasks; 「配属」 is specifically for placing people in a department or unit.
  • Related振り当てるふりあてるNeutralAssigns or allots tasks or roles, and is used less often; 「配属」 is specifically for assigning personnel to departments.
  • RelatedあてがうNeutralAllots or supplies something as fits, sometimes with a casual, ad-hoc feel; 「配属」 is a formal personnel arrangement.
  • Related任じるにんじるWrittenWritten/formal: appointing someone to a post, or claiming a role oneself; 「配属」 is about which unit a person belongs to.
  • Related任ずるにんずるWrittenA written/formal variant of 「任じる」: to appoint or take a role on oneself; 「配属」 means assigning someone to a unit.
  • Related配置換えNeutralRearranging staff placements; related to 「配属」 and often accompanied by a new assignment.

Use 「配属」 for assigning personnel to a department or unit. For dividing tasks or shares, use 「割り当てる」 (most general) or 「割り振る」; 「任命」 and 「任じる」 are for appointing to posts; 「異動」 and 「転属」 describe transfers, which lead to a new 「配属」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 組織そしきに配置はいちして属ぞくさせること。
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