Translation guide
The English word 'formation' covers several distinct concepts: the act of creating or establishing something, a particular arrangement or structure, and a geological rock formation. This guide breaks down these meanings and provides natural Japanese equivalents.
Expressing the process of creating, establishing, or organizing something, such as a group, plan, or idea.
General term for the formation or shaping of something abstract or physical, like habits, character, or landforms.
人格の形成には時間がかかる。
The formation of character takes time.
Used specifically for forming organized groups, teams, or associations.
新しいチームの結成を発表した。
They announced the formation of a new team.
Refers to the establishment or founding of an organization, company, or institution.
会社の設立は1990年です。
The formation of the company was in 1990.
Used for organizing or forming a group, team, or budget, often with a sense of arrangement or composition.
予算の編成に苦労した。
We struggled with the formation of the budget.
Describing a particular arrangement of people or things, such as in military, sports, or dance.
Refers to the formation of troops, a marching band, or any organized group in a specific arrangement.
兵士たちは隊形を組んだ。
The soldiers formed a formation.
Historical or strategic battle formation; also used in games and sports.
Referring to a distinct rock or land formation in geology.
A stratum or geological formation; the most common term for rock layers.
この地層は恐竜の化石を含んでいる。
This formation contains dinosaur fossils.
Specifically a rock formation or stratum.
形成 is for shaping abstract things or landforms. 結成 is for forming organized groups like teams or bands. 設立 is for establishing institutions or companies.
フォーメーション is mainly for sports, dance, and aviation. Using it for geological or abstract formation sounds unnatural.
Common loanword used in sports, dance, and aviation for a specific arrangement or pattern.
サッカーのフォーメーションを変えた。
They changed the soccer formation.
敵は鶴翼の陣形をとった。
The enemy took a crane-wing formation.
A strange rock formation is exposed.