配布|はいふhaifu[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectivedistribution
    先生せんせいはチラシを配布はいふした。↗
    The teacher distributed the leaflets.
Conjugation
Dictionary form配布する(はいふする)
Polite (masu)配布します(はいふします)
Negative (nai)配布しない(はいふしない)
polite (masen)配布しません(はいふしません)
classical zu / nu配布せず・配布せぬ(はいふせず・はいふせぬ)
Past (ta)配布した(はいふした)
polite (mashita)配布しました(はいふしました)
Past negative (nakatta)配布しなかった(はいふしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)配布しませんでした(はいふしませんでした)
Te form配布して(はいふして)
Potential配布できる(はいふできる)
Passive配布される(はいふされる)
Causative配布させる(はいふさせる)
Causative passive配布させられる(はいふさせられる)
Conditional (ba)配布すれば(はいふすれば)
tara配布したら(はいふしたら)
Volitional配布しよう(はいふしよう)
polite (mashou)配布しましょう(はいふしましょう)
Imperative配布しろ(はいふしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym頒布はんぷWrittenWritten/formal prose for distributing to many people, as in 「頒布会」; sometimes paid. 「配布」 is more common and usually means giving out materials free.
  • Antonym回収かいしゅうNeutralNeutral word for taking things back — the opposite of handing them out with 「配布」, as in 「アンケートの回収」.

Use 「配布」 for handing out materials or goods widely, as in 「チラシを配布する」 and 「配布資料」. In written prose 「頒布」 also appears; the opposite is 「回収」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. あるものを広ひろく配くばること。
Kanji in this word
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