配置|はいちhaichi[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbarrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration; layout
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 配置する（はいちする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 配置します（はいちします） |
| Negative (nai) | 配置しない（はいちしない） |
| polite (masen) | 配置しません（はいちしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 配置せず・配置せぬ（はいちせず・はいちせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 配置した（はいちした） |
| polite (mashita) | 配置しました（はいちしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 配置しなかった（はいちしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 配置しませんでした（はいちしませんでした） |
| Te form | 配置して（はいちして） |
| Potential | 配置できる（はいちできる） |
| Passive | 配置される（はいちされる） |
| Causative | 配置させる（はいちさせる） |
| Causative passive | 配置させられる（はいちさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 配置すれば（はいちすれば） |
| tara | 配置したら（はいちしたら） |
| Volitional | 配置しよう（はいちしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 配置しましょう（はいちしましょう） |
| Imperative | 配置しろ（はいちしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- SynonymコンフィギュレーションNeutralLoanword for the configuration of a system's parts or settings; mostly computing jargon.
- Synonym布置ふちWrittenWritten/formal word for arranging or laying things out; rare in modern use. In everyday speech 「配置」 is the normal choice.
- Synonym配するはいするWrittenWritten/formal and literary: to place or assign people and things, as in 「庭に石を配する」. Carries an elegant, classical flavor.
- Synonym配すはいすWrittenThe godan-conjugation form of 「配する」; same written, literary sense of placing or assigning. Rarely seen.
- Synonym布局ふきょくWrittenA written term for the opening placement of stones in go, or for an overall layout; found mainly in board-game contexts.
- RelatedポジショニングNeutralLoanword for positioning, as in 「市場でのポジショニング」; used mostly in marketing and sports contexts.
- Related配列はいれつNeutralNoun for arranging things in a set order, as in 「キー配列」; the focus is on sequence and order.
- Related整えるととのえるNeutralTo get something into a neat, settled state, as in 「身なりを整える」; the focus is on the resulting condition.
- Related整頓せいとんNeutralNoun for tidying a space into order, as in 「整理整頓」; typically used about rooms.
- Related構成こうせいNeutralNoun for composition or structure, as in 「文章の構成」; the focus is on how elements combine into a whole.
- Related揃えるそろえるNeutralTo gather a complete set or make things uniform, as in 「靴を揃える」; the point is matching or completeness.
- RelatedアレンジNeutralLoanword for adapting or reworking something, as in 「料理をアレンジ」; also covers music arrangements and general organizing.
- Related整理せいりNeutralNoun for sorting and organizing, as in 「書類の整理」; the focus is on removing disorder and putting things in order.
- Related並列へいれつNeutralNoun for lining things up side by side as equals, as in 「並列回路」; also a technical term in grammar and electrical circuits.
- Related位置決めいちぎめNeutralNoun for aligning something to an exact position; used mostly in printing and machinery.
- Related並べ方ならべかたNeutralThe way things are lined up, as in 「本の並べ方」; a colloquial word for how you arrange items.
- Antonym撤去てっきょNeutralAntonym: removing or dismantling what has been set up, the reverse of placing or deploying things with 「配置」.
Use 「配置」 for assigning people or things to suitable positions or posts, as in 「人員配置」 and 「家具の配置」. For arranging in a set order pick 「配列」; for tidying up pick 「整頓」 or 「整理」; for neatening or matching things up, 「整える」 and 「揃える」; for adapting something, 「アレンジ」. 「布置」, 「配する」 and 「配す」 are written options; 「布局」 is a written term mainly for a go opening or overall layout. Narrower still: 「ポジショニング」 (marketing, sports), 「位置決め」 (printing, machinery), 「コンフィギュレーション」 (computing), 「並列」 (circuits, grammar). The opposite is 「撤去」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
