開設|かいせつkaisetsu[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbestablishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 開設する(かいせつする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 開設します(かいせつします) |
| Negative (nai) | 開設しない(かいせつしない) |
| polite (masen) | 開設しません(かいせつしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 開設せず・開設せぬ(かいせつせず・かいせつせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 開設した(かいせつした) |
| polite (mashita) | 開設しました(かいせつしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 開設しなかった(かいせつしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 開設しませんでした(かいせつしませんでした) |
| Te form | 開設して(かいせつして) |
| Potential | 開設できる(かいせつできる) |
| Passive | 開設される(かいせつされる) |
| Causative | 開設させる(かいせつさせる) |
| Causative passive | 開設させられる(かいせつさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 開設すれば(かいせつすれば) |
| tara | 開設したら(かいせつしたら) |
| Volitional | 開設しよう(かいせつしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 開設しましょう(かいせつしましょう) |
| Imperative | 開設しろ(かいせつしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym設立せつりつWrittenFormal: founding of organizations like companies or schools, stressing the organization itself; 「開設」 opens accounts, shops or websites and starts operation.
- Synonym創設そうせつWrittenFormal noun for first creating a system or institution, stressing the pioneering act; 「開設」 stresses a facility beginning operation.
- Synonym設置せっちWrittenFormal: setting up an institution or installing equipment, stressing placement or installation; 「開設」 stresses starting operation.
- Synonym新設しんせつNeutralNeutral: newly adding a department, subject or the like, as in 「学科を新設」; stresses the new addition, while 「開設」 stresses starting operation.
- Related創立そうりつWrittenFormal: founding of schools or companies, stressing the organization's birth, as in 「創立記念日」; not used for accounts or websites.
- Related創始そうしWrittenFormal: pioneering something first, stressing the original founder, as in 「創始者」; 「開設」 simply means opening a new facility.
- Related創業そうぎょうNeutralNeutral: founding a business, with a commercial flavour, as in 「創業者」 or 「創業百年」; 「開設」 is not limited to businesses.
- Related創建そうけんWrittenFormal and rare: creating buildings or organizations, often temples or states, with a historical flavour.
- Related結成けっせいNeutralNeutral: forming a group by people banding together, as in 「新党結成」; the object of 「開設」 is a facility, not a group.
- Related発足ほっそくWrittenFormal: a new organization starting up, stressing the launch, as in 「新体制発足」; 「開設」 takes a facility as its object.
- Related樹立じゅりつWrittenFormal: erecting something firm — political power, ties, records — as in 「国交樹立」; not used for facilities.
- Related設けるもうけるNeutralNeutral verb for setting up or providing, as in 「窓口を設ける」 or 「規則を設ける」; it also means to prepare, and its range of objects is wider than that of 「開設」.
- Related打ち立てるうちたてるNeutralNeutral verb for firmly establishing something or setting a record, as in 「新記録を打ち立てる」; not used for facilities.
- Related確立かくりつWrittenFormal: establishing a status or system so it holds firm, as in 「地位を確立」; stresses firmness, while 「開設」 stresses a new opening.
- Related設定せっていNeutralNeutral: setting parameters or a story background, as in 「パスワード設定」; stresses fixing conditions and never means opening a facility.
- Antonym閉鎖へいさWrittenFormal: closing down a facility or business, as in 「工場閉鎖」 or 「口座閉鎖」; the direct opposite of 「開設」.
- Antonym廃止はいしWrittenFormal: abolishing a service, facility or system, as in 「路線の廃止」; the opposite of 「開設」 for facilities and services.
Use 「開設」 for opening accounts, shops, websites or courses, as in 「口座開設」 and 「サイトを開設」. For founding a company or school pick 「設立」, for setting up an institution 「設置」, and for an organization starting up 「発足」. 「創立」 suits a school or company's birth, 「創業」 a business, 「結成」 a group, and 「樹立」 political power, ties or records. 「閉鎖」 and 「廃止」 are the antonyms for closing and abolishing. The verb 「設ける」 takes a wider range of objects; the remaining nouns are narrower, so use them only when their nuance fits.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


