頒布|はんぷhanpu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbdistribution; circulation
    GPLのルールに従したがい頒布はんぷ可能かのうです。↗
    May be distributed in accordance with the GPL.
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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 多おおくの人ひとに配くばること。
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