野営|やえいyaei[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbcamping; campground; making camp
Conjugation
Dictionary form野営する(やえいする)
Polite (masu)野営します(やえいします)
Negative (nai)野営しない(やえいしない)
polite (masen)野営しません(やえいしません)
classical zu / nu野営せず・野営せぬ(やえいせず・やえいせぬ)
Past (ta)野営した(やえいした)
polite (mashita)野営しました(やえいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)野営しなかった(やえいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)野営しませんでした(やえいしませんでした)
Te form野営して(やえいして)
Potential野営できる(やえいできる)
Passive野営される(やえいされる)
Causative野営させる(やえいさせる)
Causative passive野営させられる(やえいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)野営すれば(やえいすれば)
tara野営したら(やえいしたら)
Volitional野営しよう(やえいしよう)
polite (mashou)野営しましょう(やえいしましょう)
Imperative野営しろ(やえいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym宿営しゅくえいNeutralNeutral: troops lodging at a camp or designated spot, not necessarily outdoors; carries a military flavor.
  • SynonymビバークCasualColloquial loanword for an unplanned, emergency camp in mountaineering — a forced overnight stop; narrower in scope than 「野営」.
  • Synonym野宿のじゅくNeutralNeutral, everyday word: spending the night outdoors, whether from necessity or by choice; unlike 「野営」 it does not stress pitching camp.
  • SynonymキャンプCasualColloquial loanword, the most common everyday word for camping; leisure trips above all, but also training camps and bases.
  • Synonym幕営ばくえいWrittenWritten/formal prose: emphasizes pitching tents and camping out overnight; common in mountaineering usage, and very close to 「野営」.
  • Synonym露営ろえいWrittenWritten/formal prose: encamping outdoors, with or without a tent; often used for troops on the march. Very close to 「野営」.
  • Related陣屋じんやWrittenWritten/formal prose: an encampment, also the Edo-period residence of a daimyo without a castle; names a place, not the act of camping.
  • RelatedキャンピングCasualColloquial loanword for camping as a leisure activity; nowadays 「キャンプ」 is the usual word.
  • Related営所えいしょWrittenWritten/formal prose: barracks where soldiers are permanently quartered; not temporary camping out in the field.
  • Related軍営ぐんえいWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare: a military camp — the site where troops are stationed; names the place, not the act of encamping.
  • Related幕舎ばくしゃWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare: temporary quarters — the tents or huts soldiers sleep in; the facility itself, not the camping.
  • Related露宿ろしゅくNeutralNeutral: sleeping out overnight with no roof overhead; no camp need be set up, and it can suggest being down and out.
  • Related陣所じんしょWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare: synonymous with 「陣屋」; the place where an army pitches its camp.

Use 「野営」 for encamping overnight in the open — military or mountaineering, as in 「野営地」. For leisure camping say 「キャンプ」; for simply sleeping outdoors, 「野宿」; for an unplanned emergency camp, 「ビバーク」. Most of the rest are written or military terms.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 野外やがいで陣営じんえいを張はること。
  2. 野外やがいにテントを張はって泊とまること。
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