Translation guide
The combination of ideas, information, or substances to form a coherent whole. This guide covers how to express synthesis in Japanese, from academic contexts to everyday use.
To express the act of combining different ideas, theories, or pieces of information into a unified whole, often in academic or intellectual contexts.
The most common and versatile term for synthesis in intellectual contexts. It implies integrating separate elements into a unified system or whole.
We need to synthesize different theories.
Often used for comprehensive synthesis, like in 'general education' or 'comprehensive judgment'. It emphasizes bringing together various aspects.
Implies a blending or fusion, often used when ideas or cultures merge seamlessly. More organic than 統合.
A casual verb meaning 'to summarize' or 'to bring together'. Useful in everyday conversation when you mean synthesizing information into a summary.
To refer to the process of creating a compound or substance by combining simpler elements, typically in chemistry or manufacturing.
To describe a written or spoken summary that combines information from multiple sources, like a synthesis essay or report.
To refer to the synthesis stage in the dialectical process of thesis-antithesis-synthesis, a specific philosophical concept.
Synthesis of the data is key to the project.
総合的な判断が必要だ。
A comprehensive synthesis of judgment is needed.
東西の文化が融合した作品だ。
It's a work that synthesizes Eastern and Western cultures.
議論の内容をまとめてください。
Please synthesize the discussion points.
The standard term for chemical synthesis. Used for artificial production of compounds, materials, or even sounds.
This compound was synthesized in the laboratory.
Synthetic fibers are cheaper than natural fibers.
Means 'generation' or 'production', often used in technical contexts for synthesis of substances or data.
We succeeded in the synthesis of a new substance.
A formal term for summing up or synthesizing findings, often used in reports or meetings.
We did a synthesis at the end of the meeting.
Means 'summary' or 'digest'. It's about condensing information, which is a form of synthesis.
Please write a synthesis of the paper.
In Hegelian philosophy, 総合 is used for the synthesis that reconciles thesis and antithesis. Highly specialized.
In dialectics, synthesis arises from thesis and antithesis.
The Japanese term for 'Aufhebung' (sublation), often used in Marxist or Hegelian contexts to describe synthesis that preserves and transcends.
The concept of synthesis is central to Hegelian philosophy.
comprehensive university
cultural fusion
The English word 'synthesis' is broad. In Japanese, you must choose the right term based on context. Using 合成 for ideas sounds unnatural; use 統合 instead.