高潮|こうちょうkouchou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbhigh tide; high water
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbclimax; high point
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 高潮する（こうちょうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 高潮します（こうちょうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 高潮しない（こうちょうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 高潮しません（こうちょうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 高潮せず・高潮せぬ（こうちょうせず・こうちょうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 高潮した（こうちょうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 高潮しました（こうちょうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 高潮しなかった（こうちょうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 高潮しませんでした（こうちょうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 高潮して（こうちょうして） |
| Potential | 高潮できる（こうちょうできる） |
| Passive | 高潮される（こうちょうされる） |
| Causative | 高潮させる（こうちょうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 高潮させられる（こうちょうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 高潮すれば（こうちょうすれば） |
| tara | 高潮したら（こうちょうしたら） |
| Volitional | 高潮しよう（こうちょうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 高潮しましょう（こうちょうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 高潮しろ（こうちょうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym最高潮さいこうちょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Emphasizes the very peak of atmosphere or emotion, as in 「盛り上がりは最高潮に」; stresses the summit more than 「高潮」 does.
- SynonymピークNeutralNeutral loanword for a peak or maximum, as in 「ラッシュのピーク」; stresses the highest point of figures or states.
- Synonym真っ盛りまっさかりCasualColloquial. Right in the middle of the height of something, as in 「夏真っ盛り」; describes a season or period at its fullest.
- RelatedやまCasualColloquial. Literally 'mountain', but also the crucial part of something, as in 「山場」; 「山を張る」 means betting on likely exam questions.
- Related頂点ちょうてんWrittenWritten/formal prose. The highest point of something or the summit of status in a field; it names a position rather than a surge of feeling.
- Related頂上ちょうじょうNeutralNeutral. A mountain top or physical highest point, and by extension the best state; it does not carry the sense of rising emotion.
- Related峠とうげNeutralNeutral. A mountain pass, figuratively the hardest, most critical point, as in 「峠を越す」; stresses the worst stretch rather than a peak of excitement.
- Related絶頂ぜっちょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. The extreme height of popularity, happiness and the like; stresses being at the very summit of such states.
- Related花盛りはなざかりNeutralNeutral. Originally flowers in full bloom; figuratively a boom or a woman at her most beautiful, while 「高潮」 is about surging spirit or emotion.
- Related極点きょくてんWrittenWritten/formal prose. The final extreme something can reach, as in 「疲労が極点に達する」; an ultimate limit rather than a surge.
- Related至りいたりWrittenWritten/formal prose. Mostly in the pattern 「〜の至り」 to express an extreme degree; it does not refer to rising momentum or emotion.
- RelatedクライマックスNeutralNeutral loanword for the most exciting part of a story or match; the go-to word for a narrative climax.
- Related最盛期さいせいきNeutralNeutral. The period of greatest prosperity or activity, also the best season for produce; a time span rather than a climax.
- Related盛時せいじWrittenWritten/formal prose. A flourishing era or the prime of life; about prosperous times rather than a climax of emotion.
- Related真盛りまさかりCasualColloquial but rare; means the very height of a season, same sense as 「真っ盛り」.
- Related山場やまばNeutralNeutral. The most critical or decisive scene, the high point of a story, talk or event; stresses the crucial stage.
- Antonym低潮ていちょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. The state of the sea at its lowest at ebb tide; the direct opposite of 「高潮」 rising to its highest.
- Antonym干潮かんちょうNeutralNeutral. Low tide or ebb, when the sea has receded to its lowest; the opposite of 「高潮」 as full tide.
Use 「高潮」 for surging emotion or momentum, as in 「議論が高潮に達する」, and for high tide (「たかしお」 for storm surge). For the peak of atmosphere use 「最高潮」, for peaks in figures or states 「ピーク」, for a story or match climax 「クライマックス」. 「頂点」/「頂上」 mark physical or status tops, 「峠」 the hardest point, 「絶頂」 the height of popularity or happiness, 「山場」 the critical moment, 「花盛り」/「最盛期」/「真っ盛り」 flourishing periods, 「極点」 an ultimate limit. Opposites: 「低潮」, 「干潮」.
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