飛躍|ひやくhiyaku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbleap; jump
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbstepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; playing an active part (in)
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbrapid progress; dramatic development; making great strides; making a leap forward
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbleap (of logic); jump; gap (in an argument)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 飛躍する（ひやくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 飛躍します（ひやくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 飛躍しない（ひやくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 飛躍しません（ひやくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 飛躍せず・飛躍せぬ（ひやくせず・ひやくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 飛躍した（ひやくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 飛躍しました（ひやくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 飛躍しなかった（ひやくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 飛躍しませんでした（ひやくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 飛躍して（ひやくして） |
| Potential | 飛躍できる（ひやくできる） |
| Passive | 飛躍される（ひやくされる） |
| Causative | 飛躍させる（ひやくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 飛躍させられる（ひやくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 飛躍すれば（ひやくすれば） |
| tara | 飛躍したら（ひやくしたら） |
| Volitional | 飛躍しよう（ひやくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 飛躍しましょう（ひやくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 飛躍しろ（ひやくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym跳躍ちょうやくWrittenWritten/formal prose for jumping as a physical or athletic movement; 「飛躍」 is mostly figurative, for progress.
- Synonym跳ね上がりはねあがりNeutralA jump or spring upward, also a rash, impulsive person; 「飛躍」 leans toward positive development.
- Related飛び上がるとびあがるNeutralVerb for jumping or flying up into the air; 「飛躍」 is a noun mostly used figuratively for major progress or a leap in development.
- Related跳ね上がるはねあがるNeutralVerb for springing up, or for prices shooting up; 「飛躍」 leans toward progress and development.
- Related一足飛びいっそくとびWrittenWritten/formal prose: reaching a goal in one bound, skipping the intermediate stages; 「飛躍」 stresses big progress.
- Related一躍いちやくWrittenWritten/formal prose, mostly an adverb: rising to fame in one leap, as in 「一躍有名に」; 「飛躍」 is a noun.
- Related高騰こうとうWrittenWritten/formal prose for a sharp rise in prices; 「飛躍」 is about progress and development.
- Related急騰きゅうとうWrittenWritten/formal prose for stock or commodity prices surging; 「飛躍」 is about a person's or venture's big advance.
- Related急伸きゅうしんWrittenWritten/formal prose for sales, results or share prices rising fast; 「飛躍」 is broader.
- Related暴騰ぼうとうWrittenWritten/formal prose for prices or stocks shooting up sharply in a short time; 「飛躍」 is leapfrog growth in a career or ability.
- RelatedはねるNeutralVerb for jumping or springing up, also for mud and water splashing; 「飛躍」 is mostly figurative, for development.
- Related飛び越えるとびこえるNeutralVerb for jumping over an obstacle or leaping past others in rank; 「飛躍」 is a noun for major progress.
- Related騰貴とうきFormalFormal economic term for prices or land values rising; 「飛躍」 is progress in ability or a career.
- Related飛び跳ねるとびはねるNeutralVerb for hopping and bouncing up and down; 「飛躍」 is mostly figurative, for development.
- Related上騰じょうとうFormalFormal and rare: rising high, or prices going up; 「飛躍」 is big-stride development of a career or ability.
- Related奔騰ほんとうFormalFormal: markets or prices surging with violent momentum; 「飛躍」 is leapfrog development in a positive sense.
- Antonym停滞ていたいWrittenWritten/formal prose for stagnation, things failing to move forward — the direct opposite of 「飛躍」.
- Antonym退歩たいほWrittenWritten/formal prose for regression or decline; the opposite of the progress 「飛躍」 describes.
Use 「飛躍」 for leapfrog progress or stepping onto a bigger stage, as in 「飛躍的に成長」. For jumping up, use 「飛び上がる」; for an overnight rise to fame, 「一躍」; for soaring prices, 「高騰」 or 「急騰」. The opposites are 「停滞」 and 「退歩」.
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