頒布|はんぷhanpu[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbdistribution; circulation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 頒布する(はんぷする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 頒布します(はんぷします) |
| Negative (nai) | 頒布しない(はんぷしない) |
| polite (masen) | 頒布しません(はんぷしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 頒布せず・頒布せぬ(はんぷせず・はんぷせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 頒布した(はんぷした) |
| polite (mashita) | 頒布しました(はんぷしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 頒布しなかった(はんぷしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 頒布しませんでした(はんぷしませんでした) |
| Te form | 頒布して(はんぷして) |
| Potential | 頒布できる(はんぷできる) |
| Passive | 頒布される(はんぷされる) |
| Causative | 頒布させる(はんぷさせる) |
| Causative passive | 頒布させられる(はんぷさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 頒布すれば(はんぷすれば) |
| tara | 頒布したら(はんぷしたら) |
| Volitional | 頒布しよう(はんぷしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 頒布しましょう(はんぷしましょう) |
| Imperative | 頒布しろ(はんぷしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym配るくばるNeutralThe everyday word for handing things out, most common in speech, as in 「チラシを配る」; 「頒布」 is more written and suggests formal public distribution, paid or free.
- Synonym配布はいふWrittenWritten/formal prose for distributing widely, as in 「パンフレットの配布」; the audience may be broad or narrow, while 「頒布」 leans toward formal release to the public.
- Synonym配付はいふWrittenWritten/formal prose for handing things out one by one to the people concerned, as in 「資料を配付する」; the recipients are clearly defined.
- Antonym収集しゅうしゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose for collecting or gathering things in — the opposite of 「頒布」, which sends things out.
- Antonym回収かいしゅうNeutralNeutral word for taking back things that have been handed out — the reverse of 「頒布」's giving out.
Everyday handing out is 「配る」; in written prose use 「配布」 (wide distribution) or 「配付」 (one by one to specific people). 「頒布」 is for formal public release of publications or souvenirs, as in 「会報を頒布する」 and 「頒布会」; to take things back, use 「回収」.
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