露呈|ろていrotei[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbexposure; disclosure
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 露呈する（ろていする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 露呈します（ろていします） |
| Negative (nai) | 露呈しない（ろていしない） |
| polite (masen) | 露呈しません（ろていしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 露呈せず・露呈せぬ（ろていせず・ろていせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 露呈した（ろていした） |
| polite (mashita) | 露呈しました（ろていしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 露呈しなかった（ろていしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 露呈しませんでした（ろていしませんでした） |
| Te form | 露呈して（ろていして） |
| Potential | 露呈できる（ろていできる） |
| Passive | 露呈される（ろていされる） |
| Causative | 露呈させる（ろていさせる） |
| Causative passive | 露呈させられる（ろていさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 露呈すれば（ろていすれば） |
| tara | 露呈したら（ろていしたら） |
| Volitional | 露呈しよう（ろていしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 露呈しましょう（ろていしましょう） |
| Imperative | 露呈しろ（ろていしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym晒すさらすNeutralNeutral. Puts something out under sun, wind and rain or in the public eye — 「危険に晒す」, 「恥を晒す」; 「露呈」 is hidden faults coming to light on their own.
- Synonym暴露ばくろWrittenWritten style. Actively exposing or divulging secrets and scandals, as in 「秘密を暴露する」; 「露呈」 describes faults coming to light on their own.
- SynonymばらすCasualColloquial. Chiefly letting a secret out, but also taking things apart or even killing; 「露呈」 is written style and about hidden matters coming to light.
- Synonym摘発てきはつWrittenWritten style. Unmasks hidden wrongdoing and makes it public; 「露呈」 just describes weaknesses or flaws becoming visible on their own.
- Synonymさらけ出すさらけだすCasualColloquial. Deliberately lays everything bare — showing one's true feelings or weaknesses with no reserve, as in 「本音をさらけ出す」; 「露呈」 is things surfacing by themselves.
- Synonym暴くあばくWrittenWritten style. Digs hidden secrets out and makes them public, with an aggressive edge; 「露呈」 is something hidden coming out or being let show, not someone prying it loose.
- Synonym暴き出すあばきだすWrittenWritten style. Digs out and exposes hidden secrets or crimes; 「露呈」 needs no agent — the weakness or contradiction simply shows itself.
- Related露出ろしゅつNeutralNeutral. Things physically exposed (bare skin, etc.) or media exposure, i.e. appearing on TV or in magazines; 「露呈」 is for weaknesses and problems surfacing.
- Related開示かいじFormalFormal. Officially releasing information under rules or procedures, as in 「情報開示」; 「露呈」 is hidden, usually unwelcome matters coming out, not a release by procedure.
- Relatedむき出すむきだすCasualColloquial. Bares what was covered, such as baring the teeth. Physical baring, not the sense of 「露呈」 where weaknesses or problems come to light.
- Antonym秘匿ひとくFormalFormal antonym. Keeping something hidden in secret; the opposite of 「露呈」, where what was hidden becomes visible.
- Antonym隠蔽いんぺいWrittenWritten-style antonym. Deliberately covering up inconvenient facts — the opposite of 「露呈」, where such facts come to light.
Use 「露呈」 for weaknesses, problems and other bad things coming to light naturally — written style, as in 「弱点を露呈する」 or 「矛盾が露呈した」. For actively exposing or divulging, use 「暴露」 or 「暴く」; colloquially, 「ばらす」.
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